Hall chair
attributed to George Nix (fl.1716-1751)
Category
Furniture
Date
1730 - 1740
Materials
Solid oak
Measurements
94 x 49 x 47 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1398476.1
Summary
One of a set of twelve oak hall chairs, English, circa 1730, attributed to George Nix (1674 - 1756) The shaped solid wasted back bearing the Windham crest painted to the center above a solid dished seat and raised on solid shaped and hipped front and back supports tied by a curved stretcher. The front support also with a dished centre. These hall chairs are very similar to a set of eighteen oak chairs at Ham House [NT 1139637.1 - .18] for which bills survive showing that they were made by George Nix (1674 - 1756), a London cabinet maker and cost £18.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
attributed to George Nix (fl.1716-1751), furniture maker
References
Rowell 2013: Christopher Rowell (ed.), Ham House, 400 Years of Collecting and Patronage, Yale University Press, New Haven & London 2013, pp.281-2, Figure 278