Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1690 - circa 1705
Materials
Walnut, cane, velvet, webbing
Measurements
118 x 50.6 x 44 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207123.1
Summary
One of a pair of walnut and cane chairs, English, late 17th/early 18th century. Damaged. With scroll-carved toprail above a rectangular cane back panel edged with addorsed 'S'-scrolls. The rear uprights double baluster and block-turned and topped by foliate-carved finials. The seat of cane and with foliate-carved rails. Raised on 'S'-scroll moulded front legs and block and squat baluster-turned rear legs, joined by a ring-turned 'H'-shaped stretcher. Both with later seat pads with velvet and webbing. -- Both stamped 'TB', possibly the mark of the caner.
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Rear seat rail: TB