Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Ebonised beech, textile
Measurements
94 x 51 x 53 cm
Place of origin
Netherlands
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435186.6
Summary
One of a set of six ebonised beech and upholstered chairs, probably Dutch, circa 1880. In the style of Indian ebony chairs produced in the late 17th / early 18th century. Each with a padded back panel within a carved frame and held by twist turned supports, the overstuffed seat with an apron carved with a twin scroll and dragon motif and raised on conforming twist turned legs and stretchers.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow (b.1936) in 1984.