Bobbin-turned chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Fruitwood, rush
Measurements
64 x 41.5 x 41.5 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288334
Summary
A fruitwood bobbin-turned corner chair, British, of Arts and Crafts style, circa 1890, with gallery back above a square rush seat on four bobbin-turned legs joined by bobbin-turned stretchers.
Provenance
In 1937 Sir Geoffrey Mander and his wife Rosalie gifted Wightwick Manor, its contents and gardens to the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey and his family continued to occupy and manage Wightwick adding to the collection in collaboration with the National Trust. Sir Geoffrey died in 1962 but Lady Mander continued to live at Wightwick until her death in 1988.