Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Rush, Wood
Measurements
83 x 40 x 37 cm
Place of origin
English
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Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101608
Summary
A beech chair, English, circa 1900, the back with three horizontal back slats, each slat painted black with an outline of orange, the rush seat with thin band similarly outlined in paint, the front legs are rounded, the rear legs are square-section and slightly splayed, legs joined by turned stretchers.
Provenance
Chartwell was purchased by Winston Churchill in 1922 and for the next 40 years it was the family home. Presented to the National Trust in 1946, Winston and Clementine Churchill continued to live there until 1965 when it was relinquished to the management of the National Trust. Much of the contents of Chartwell were accepted by the Treasury in payment of death duty and retained in the house. Lady Churchill also gifted many pieces and others are on loan from the Churchill family.