Ladderback chair
Maple & Co. Ltd.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Walnut, rush
Measurements
86 x 43 x 41 cm
Place of origin
London
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1213934.8
Summary
One chair from a set of eight ladder-back chairs, English, circa 1890. Originally in the Servants' Hall and purchased from Maple & Co. London. Including a pair of open armchairs in oak, the chairs in oak (two) and walnut (four), each rectangular back with square-section uprights, toprail and horizontal bars, a rush seat with plain frieze rails and standing on turned legs joined by stretchers, the armchairs with shaped flattened arms and turned front supports.
Makers and roles
Maple & Co. Ltd., furniture manufacturer