Chair
ca. 1720 (made)
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Chair, with cabriole front legs and heavily raked back legs, terminating in square hoofed feet; rectangular back with rounded corners, covered in green velvet.
Fixed top covers of dark green silk velvet, trimmed with dark silk braid.
Remains of green silk scarf at top of chair-back, fixed under the braid but over the cord.
The seat foundation has a 4-chevron webbing, and a striped plain-weave base cloth (the warp-stripes running from side to side)
Fixed top covers of dark green silk velvet, trimmed with dark silk braid.
Remains of green silk scarf at top of chair-back, fixed under the braid but over the cord.
The seat foundation has a 4-chevron webbing, and a striped plain-weave base cloth (the warp-stripes running from side to side)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Chair frame of burr walnut veneer with carved and giltwood decoration; cover of green silk velvet, edged with silk braid; structural upholstery of linen, linen webbing and horsehair |
| Brief description | Chair, walnut and parcel-gilt, with green velvet cover trimmed with silk braid, attributed to the Roberts family, Britain, ca. 1720 |
| Physical description | Chair, with cabriole front legs and heavily raked back legs, terminating in square hoofed feet; rectangular back with rounded corners, covered in green velvet. Fixed top covers of dark green silk velvet, trimmed with dark silk braid. Remains of green silk scarf at top of chair-back, fixed under the braid but over the cord. The seat foundation has a 4-chevron webbing, and a striped plain-weave base cloth (the warp-stripes running from side to side) |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Eighteenth-century close-fitting detachable covers preserved at Houghton Hall: a technical study', Kathryn Gill, in Upholstery Conservation, Principles and Practice, Kathryn Gill and Dinah Eastop, Routledge, 2001, pp. 133-143. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.1-2002 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2003 |
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