Easy armchair
Collinson and Lock
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Mahogany, velvet, brass castors
Measurements
89 x 61 x 58.5 cm
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Standen House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 1214031
Summary
A mahogany easy armchair, by Collinson & Lock, circa 1880. With reeded frame throughout and green velvet upholstery, the rectangular back with uprights and acorn finials, the arms with spindle galleries, incurved front supports with foliate terminals and padded arm-rests, the seat with arched profile and standing on square tapering legs headed with rosettes and terminating in castors.
Full description
The London firm of Collinson & Lock were established in 1870 and a year later published their catalogue of ‘Sketches of Artistic Furniture’. Their principal designer was T.E. Collcutt and they enjoyed considerable success throughout the 1870s and 1880s, merging with Jackson & Graham in 1884. They were themselves taken over by Gillows in 1897. The firm became especially well-known for their signature rosewood furniture with ivory intarsia designed by Stephen Webb.
Makers and roles
Collinson and Lock, manufacturer