Ladderback chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Mahogany, damask
Measurements
97.2 x 55.9 x 53.3 cm
Place of origin
Britain or Ireland
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1219656.9
Summary
A mahogany ladderback chair, one of a group of ten similar chairs, British or Irish, second half 18th century. With shaped and grooved uprights joined by three pierced and shaped horizontal back splats, the top rail similarly carved with scrolling ends, the drop-in seat upholstered in pink rose damask, the front seat rail applied with a carved decorative motif, the front square-section legs with carved and indented outer corners and with carved corner brackets, the rear gently splayed square-section rear legs connected to the front with a plain H-stretcher, the rear legs joined by a single plain stretcher.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009), 1976