Hepplewhite style chair
style of George Hepplewhite (d.1786)
Category
Furniture
Date
1790
Materials
Wood
Measurements
965 x 533 x 432 mm
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Fountains and Studley Royal, North Yorkshire
NT 530866.3
Summary
One of a set of two Hepplewhite-style country chairs, circa 1790. With drop-in seat in dark red horsehair cloth. With arched top rail, the pierced back splat of stylised wheat sheaf form, flanked by shaped uprights. On square-section tapering front legs joined to the rear splayed square-section legs with a H-stretcher, the rear legs joined by a single stretcher.
Provenance
Bequest of Miss Milburn. Formerly MGP/F/1c at Mount Grace Priory. Transferred to FASR 25.5.07. Reupholstered in 2007.
Marks and inscriptions
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Makers and roles
style of George Hepplewhite (d.1786), designer style of George Hepplewhite (d.1786), cabinetmaker