Tub chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1920
Materials
Mahogany, beech, silk, brass
Measurements
74 x 64.5 x 56 cm
Place of origin
England
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246079
Summary
A mahogany and upholstered tub chair, English, early 20th century. Probably once forming part of a larger Edwardian 'salon suite'. With raised back panel upholstered in silk with a central vignette against a gold ground. The arms curved and partially filled with slats. The seat circular (the seat pad lacking) and raised on ring- and spiral-turned legs with brass castors and high curving side stretchers.
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.