Armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1750
Materials
Carved walnut and needlework
Measurements
100.4 x 64 x 51.5 cm
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245878.3
Summary
A walnut armchair, a copy from a French armchair made circa 1750, in the Louis XV style, to form a set of four, with serpentine back, scrolling armrests and supports, on cabriole legs, covered in old 'gros and petit point' needlework, with flowers 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).