Dining chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1850 - 1899
Materials
Oak, velvet, trimming, brass, ceramic
Measurements
90.5 x 48.5 x 45.5 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318130.1
Summary
An oak dining chair, one of a set of twelve, English, second half 19th century, the open back with curved top rail and lower back rail united by a shaped vertical splat, all incised with lines and floral motifs, the overstuffed seat upholstered in brown velvet with trim, the turned and tapering from legs terminating in brass caps and brown ceramic castors, the top of the front legs incised with floral motif, with rear square-section splayed legs.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997. An auction was held in 1943 after the death of J.V.T. Lander, many items were purchased at this auction by J.V.T. Lander's son Thomas Offley Lander and retained at Sunnycroft. These chairs were included as lot 568 in the Barber & Son, F.A.I. auction, '1943, Sunnycroft, Wellington..Shropshire, Catalogue of Fine Appointments and Antique Pieces being the Contents of the Residence for sale by auction on the premises, on Wednesday, March 31st and Thursday, April 1st...'.