Armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
1825 - 1849
Materials
Mahogany, brass, dralon
Measurements
98 x 57 x 65 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318195
Summary
A mahogany open armchair, English, second quarter 19th century, the overscrolled back fitted with a buttoned and padded cushion, the armrests terminating in scroll forms at either end, a drop-in seat above a front rail with oblong depression, with front turned and tapering legs and rear square-section legs, all on brass caps and castors, the seat and back cushion covered in brown dralon.
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. .