Window seat
after Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760 - circa 1820
Materials
Mahogany upholstered in ivory damask
Measurements
1219 mm (Width)
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 170951.1.2
Summary
An early George III mahogany window seat, one of an important pair, after a design by Robert Adam and supplied by France and Bradburn, carved by Sefferin Alken, the scroll ends carved with anthemion, the fluted seat frame with beaded and gadrooned borders on turned fluted legs, the seat upholstered in floral ‘gros-point’ and ivory damask. See also National Trust Inventory Numbers 170951.1.1, 170951.2.1 and 170951.2.2
Provenance
Supplied by France and Bradburn after a design by Robert Adam and carved by Sefferin Alken. Loaned to The National Trust by The Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007.
Makers and roles
after Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), furniture designer France and Bradburn , furniture supplier Sefferin Alken (1717 - London 1782), carver
References
Coleridge, 2000: A.Coleridge. “English furniture supplied for Croome Court: Robert Adam and the 6th Earl of Coventry.” Apollo February (2000): pp.8-19., p.16-17, plates 14-15