Bentwood chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Beech, traces of gilding and later gold paint
Measurements
64 x 32 cm
Place of origin
Austria
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127561
Summary
A child's 'bentwood' beech chair, mid-19th century, in the manner of Thonet, with traces of gilt and later gold paint. The original cane seat now lacking, the feet outswept.
Provenance
By descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959.
Marks and inscriptions
A partial paper label reads 'Her Grace's Personal...'