Wheelchair
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
Unknown
Materials
mahogany & textile
Measurements
990 x 600 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288017
Summary
An Adam-style mahogany framed, invalid chair. Upholstered circular back, wide seat and sloping arms. Covered in black horsehair material and fastened with brass buttons. Six square supports, two at the front and three at the back united by curved stretcher rails. A bar with a pair of wooden wheels runs behind the front pair of supports, and there is a wheel on the central support at the back. A mahogany foot plate.