Reading chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Mahogany, leather, brass
Measurements
84 x 59 x 68.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246072
Summary
A mahogany and leather-upholstered reading chair, in George III style, with a curving toprail and open sides, raised on four square-section tapering legs with brass caps and castors. Upholstered in cream leather.
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.