Hall chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1760 - 1770
Materials
Mahogany, olive, textile
Measurements
93.5 x 61 x 49 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108602.6
Summary
One of a set of seven mahogany and olive wheel-back hall chairs, English, possibly Derbyshire, circa 1760-70. The oval wheel back pierced with radiating devices veneered with alternate mahogany and olive spokes with shaped out swept arms held by pierced sabre supports, the seat with a padded drop in cushion raised on heightened square section legs with stretchers. The front stretcher faceted, one chair with heightened legs, chair cushions later, covered in damask, some in velvet, originally probably with caned drop in panels.
Provenance
Curzon Collection acquired by gift as part of the transfer of Kedleston Hall to The National Trust in 1986.
References
Cornforth, J. 'Recreating Adam', Country life, 12 January 1995, pg.43