Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1850
Materials
Stained beech, rush
Measurements
81 x 38.5 x 39 cm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 263316.2
Summary
A stained beech chair, one of a set of three, England, circa 1850, with rush seats, the back formed of three humped splats between two square uprights, the front legs of circular form, the rear are square. The legs joined by two stretchers at the sides and one to front and rear.
Provenance
Owned by Jane and Thomas Carlyle during their occupation of 24 Cheyne Row (then 5 Cheyne Row) until Thomas' death in 1881. Then by descent to the previous owners, the Harland family. Purchased by the National Trust in 2022.