Commode chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
beech, cane, ceramic
Measurements
107 x 61.5 x 44 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318268
Summary
A stained beech commode open armchair, English, 19th century, the shaped top rail above a caned backrest with lower chanelled cross bar, the chanelled uprights joined by shaped armrests ending in scroll-forms, on turned baluster-form supports, the caned hinged seat lifting to reveal a surface with circular cut-out, inset with white commode bowl, the seat with shaped apron, with turned front legs and square-section rear 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.