Ladderback chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1870 - 1899
Materials
Painted wood, rush
Measurements
82 x 43 x 49 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288428
Summary
A white-painted ladderback chair, British, late 19th century, with four shaped back splats supported between two turned uprights topped with ball finials, the rush seat on turned, tapering and splayed front legs joined by a plain stretcher, a pair of spindle stretchers to each side and single between the rear splayed legs.
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. This chair was transferred to the National Trust on the death of Sir Geoffrey in 1962.