Folding chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1900 - 1920
Materials
Ebonised beech(?), canvas
Measurements
85 cm (H); 57 cm (W); 48 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lamb House, Rye, East Sussex
NT 204085.2
Summary
One of a pair of ebonised beech(?) and canvas folding armchairs, English, early 20th century. Each with a green canvas back and seat, slatted arms and square section legs tied by hinged stretchers.
Provenance
Lamb House was presented to the National Trust in 1950 by the widow of Henry James's nephew and heir, Henry James, Jr, "to be preserved as an enduring symbol of the ties that unite the British and American people."