Campaign chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Walnut upholstered in velvet
Measurements
120.0 x 58.5 x 63.0 cm
Place of origin
Italy
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Knole, Kent
NT 129450.1
Summary
One of a set of eleven seventeenth century Italian walnut campaign chairs, with contemporary velvet seats and backs with blue tassel fringes. The backs are surmounted by carved and gilt finials, the legs and stretchers are square. The seat frames are hinged in the centre to fold up. Three chairs are red velvet and seven peach velvet. The present one is in peach. The chairs were brought to Knole from Copt Hall in 1701.
Provenance
Knole and the majority of its furniture were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust in 1946.