Chair
William Ince (1737–1804) and John Mayhew (1736–1811)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Mahogany, beech frame, textile
Measurements
95 x 56 x 69 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453059.7
Summary
An armchair from a set of ten pieces of mahogany upholstered seat furniture, in the manner of William Ince (1737–1804) and John Mayhew (1736–1811) London, circa 1760. Comprising of four armchairs and six side chairs. The waved top rail above a padded back and seat, the armchairs with fully upholstered arm panels, above a scroll and lunette carved seat rail continuing to corner brackets or spandrels and raised on square section legs carved with blind fret work and joined by angled square section fluted baluster stretchers. All upholstered in a later floral patterned red damask.
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works and given to Dyrham Park in 1961
Makers and roles
William Ince (1737–1804) and John Mayhew (1736–1811), furniture designer and maker
References
Ince, William & Mahew, John 'The universal system of household furniture' Published in parts, 1759–63, plates 4 & 21