Armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Carved walnut and needlework
Measurements
100.2 x 62.6 x 65.5 mm
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey (Accredited Museum)
NT 1245878
Summary
A set of four walnut armchairs including a French armchair made circa 1750, in the Louis XV style and three copies, with serpentine back, scrolling armrests and supports, on cabriole legs, covered in old 'gros and petit point' needlework, with flowers and figures on black ground.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913).