Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1780
Materials
Ash and elm, later oak and softwood blocks, horsehair, linen, webbing
Measurements
95 x 53 x 48 cm
Place of origin
England
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127585.4
Summary
A chair from a set of eight ash and elm dining chairs, English provincial, circa 1780, each having an undulating toprail above a pierced vase-shaped splat, the drop-in seat upholstered in black horsehair.
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
Interior rear seat rail: IIII