Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Bentwood.
Measurements
88 x 43 x 43 cm
Place of origin
Austria
Collection
Trerice, Cornwall
NT 336856.2
Summary
One of a set of four bentwood chairs, Austrian, circa 1870, each with open back, pierced circular seat and legs joined by a high circular stretcher, each stenciled beneath the seat THONET, three additionally with remains of a paper label THONET WIEN.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Miss Hudlestan, Ticehurst, East Sussex. Recieved March 1998.
Marks and inscriptions
All beneath seat. : 1. Stencilled THONET 2. Remains of paper label on three chairs : THONET WIEN 3. Each stamped with a unique number : 58, 59, 70, 49, two with additional paper label of same.