Dining chair
John Gee (fl.1779 - c.1823)
Category
Furniture
Date
1810 - 1830
Materials
simulated rosewood, beech, cane
Measurements
82 x 46 x 44 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 354452.3
Summary
One of a set of five rosewood grained beech dining chairs, by John Gee, English, circa 1820. With a curved top rail carved with scroll rosettes above a horizontal stretcher, the caned seat on sabre legs.Bearing a stamp to the seat rail 'GEE' John Gee, London, chair maker and turner (1779-c.1823) entered into partnership in 1779 with Benjamin Crompton 'Turner in ordinary to George III' and was sworn in himself as turner in 1787.John Gee is listed in directories as a chair maker operating from 49 Wardour Street, London. He is frequently described as 'Chair maker and turner to his Majesty'. In 1804 his son Thomas Aycliffe was awarded a Royal Warrant and they worked jointly until John Gee retired in 1823. See C. Gilbert ‘Pictorial dictionary of marked London furniture 1700-1840’ Pg.220 plate 385 for a similar example
Provenance
Part of the Lothian Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).
Marks and inscriptions
Seat rail: Bearing a stamp to the seat rail 'GEE'
Makers and roles
John Gee (fl.1779 - c.1823), furniture maker
References
Gilbert (1996): Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 - 1840 (1996), Pg.220 plate 385