High-backed armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880 - 1890
Materials
Walnut, beech, cane, textile
Measurements
143 cm (H); 66 cm (W); 56 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196567
Summary
A walnut and beech high back open armchair, English, late 19th century. Late 17th century style, with an arched cane back panel flanked by turned stiles and surmounted by a carved scrolled crest, out-turned scroll arms and a padded seat raised on double scroll front legs and scrolled seat rail, the seat originally caned now with an upholstered drop in seat.
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.