Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1870
Materials
Simulated rosewood, Beech, Rattan
Measurements
76 x 39 x 34 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428676
Summary
A pair of simulated rosewood chairs, English, circa 1870. Each has an arched toprail with foliate clasped ends above a row of twisted cane spindle uprights, a neatly woven rattan seat and turned legs joined by multiple stretchers and tapering to outswept feet.
Full description
Small chairs of this and similar design were produced in their thousands during the second half of the 19th century in both England and France. The design originates in the 1830s as seen in the 'Album de I'Industrie et des Arts utiles' by Le Bouteiller (referenced by C.Payne in '19th Century European Furniture', 1989).
Provenance
Visible in the 1881 photograph of The Study.
References
Payne, Christopher '19th Century European Furniture' ACC, Woodbridge 1989, p.201