Balloon back chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1850 - 1899
Materials
Mahogany, simulated crocodile skin
Measurements
85.5 x 46 x 52 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318203
Summary
A mahogany balloon-back dining chair, English, late 19th century, the shaped open back above the overstuffed seat with serpentine front, the moulded seat rail above two turned and tapering front legs, with rear square-section legs, the seat covered in dark grey simulated crocodile skin.
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.