Not currently on display at the V&A

Chair

ca. 1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Roberts Family (makers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Chair, with cabriole front legs and heavily raked back legs, terminating in square hoofed feet; rectangular back with rounded corners.
Covered in pale green velvet, trimmed with green 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 3½-chevron webbing, and a striped plain-weave base cloth (the warp-stripes running from side to side)


Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Chair
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Chair
  • Loose Cover
Materials and techniques
Walnut
Velvet
Silk
Carving
Upholstery
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 pale green velvet, trimmed with green 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 3½-chevron webbing, and a striped plain-weave base cloth (the warp-stripes running from side to side)
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 105.3cm
  • Maximum, at front feet width: 65cm
  • At front knees width: 63.5cm
  • At feet width: 58cm
  • At back feet width: 50cm
  • At feet depth: 71.5cm
  • Of seat depth: 65.7cm
  • Height: 41.5cm (to top of seat rail)
Dimensions taken late 2008 (transcribed April 2009)
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.13:1-2002

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Record createdApril 29, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80338/chair-roberts-family/
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