Upholstered armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Walnut, beech, silk, braid
Measurements
88.9 x 76.2 x 88.9 cm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206835
Summary
An upholstered armchair, English, circa 1860. With a broad back and straight high arms, raised on walnut cabriole legs carved with flowers, leaves and scrolls. Covered in buttoned green silk with braid edging.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but almost certainly acquired by George Bambridge (1892 - 1943) and Elsie Bambridge (1896 - 1976), who purchased a largely empty Wimpole in 1938. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Elsie Bambridge.