Open armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Mahogany, wool, brass
Measurements
87 x 64.5 x 62 cm
Place of origin
Southern Europe
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245881.2
Summary
An open armchair, one of a set of four mahogany and upholstered open armchairs, South European, possibly Portuguese, circa 1770. The slightly waisted rectangular back, serpentine seat and partially padded moulded open arms upholstered in associated but contemporary woolen gros-point needlework of red carnations and green leaves on a white and cream ground; the upholstery fixed with brass dome-headed studs. The arms with scroll terminals, the seat rails veneered. Raised on a pair of moulded and foliate-carved cabriole front legs with fluted feet.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded; 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) in 1942.