Nursing chair
Thomas Turner (1793-1873)
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Corduroy, Ebonised wood, Horsehair, Horse-hair, Jasperware, Oil gilt, Brass
Measurements
750 mm (H); 570 mm (W); 520 mm (D)
Place of origin
Manchester
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 460936
Summary
Low round-seated nursing chair with curved upholstered back and fawn coloured upholstery. Jasperware plaque on splat. Gilded decoration on legs and areas of back and seat. Castors on all four feet.
Provenance
An item from the Llanerchaeron collection, left to the National Trust in the will of John Powell Ponsonby Lewes in 1989
Marks and inscriptions
Thomas Turner Manchester 16153 (stamped)
Makers and roles
Thomas Turner (1793-1873), cabinetmaker