Easy armchair
Agnes Garrett (1845 - 1935)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Mahogany, velvet, brass toes
Measurements
87.5 x 61 x 61 cm
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1213991.2
Summary
One of a pair of mahogany easy armchairs, English, designed by Rhoda and Agnes Garrett, circa 1880. Each with arched rectangular back and reeded uprights with ball finials, the flattened arms with spindle galleries and square front posts wth ball finials and applied roundels, each under-arm spindle with square tablet mid-way, the seat and back with gold velvet squab cushions, standing on square tapering panelled legs with collared brass ball toes.
Full description
Cousins Rhoda (1841-1882) and Agnes Garrett (1845-1935) trained in the architectural office of J.M. Brydon before setting up their own interior design company in 1875 which aimed to bring fresh designs to a wider middle-class public. Together they wrote and published 'Suggestions for House Decoration' in 1876, part of the 'Art at Home' series of interior decoration and household taste manuals published by Macmillan. They also decorated 4, Upper Berkeley Street, the home of Agnes's sister, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first English woman permitted to qualify as a doctor.See 'Suggestions for House Decoration' where this chair is illustrated facing page 61.
Makers and roles
Agnes Garrett (1845 - 1935), designer Rhoda Garrett (1841 - 1882), designer
References
Garrett, Rhoda & Agnes, Suggestions for house decoration in painting, woodwork, and furniture., 1876, p.61