Open armchair
manner of George Smith (London c.1786-1826)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Ebonised and parcel gilt beech, cane back and seat
Measurements
87 x 59 x 63 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1542392.7
Summary
One of a set of twelve ebonized beech, parcel gilt and caned open armchairs, London, circa 1810, after a design by George Smith (1786-1826). The curved top rail above a caned panel and with a turned carved stretcher below, the arms held by leopard monopodia supports which continue the front legs, carved to the chests with anthemion designs and with a caned seat and splayed sabre back legs. The ebonized and parcel gilded decoration refreshed. Some chairs stamped 'EW'
Full description
These chairs with the leopard head monopodia and anthemion designs display the influence of the Regency designs of George Smith (c.1786-1826). Smith’s designs were widely distributed in his pattern book of 1808, ‘A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration’, in which he proudly declared himself the ’upholder extraordinary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales’. See page plate 55 for similar design features. (James Weedon 2017)
Provenance
On loan from the Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Credit line
Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Makers and roles
manner of George Smith (London c.1786-1826), furniture designer
References
Smith, George 'A collection of Designs for Household Furniture' London 1808