Child's armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Oak, textile, brass
Measurements
79.5 cm (H); 45 cm (W); 50 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196496
Summary
An oak and upholstered child's open armchair, English, circa 1850. With a carved frame and padded back panel flanked by baluster uprights, surmounted by finials. The top rail with lion and cherub masks. With foliate scroll carved ends to the arms, over stuffed seat and raised on turned baluster legs tied by stretchers.
Provenance
Speke Hall and its contents were bequeathed, as a secondary devise, to the National Trust by Adelaide Watt (d.1921) in 1943. Speke was initially bequeathed to the Norris family (who built the original house during the 16th century). It was then leased to Liverpool City Council and later to the Museums Department of Merseyside County Council. The National Trust took over direct management of the house and its contents in 1986.