Chair
Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1778
Materials
Carved and gilded wood, silk damask
Measurements
92 x 61 x 55 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 483451.5
Summary
An armchair from a set of twelve (part of the set in the Egremont Private collection), attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1778, each of giltwood with an oval back and a serpentine seat, on fluted tapering front legs and splayed rear legs, the back, seat and arm pads upholstered with crimson damask. These chairs, made en suite with a partitioned giltwood sofa (NT 485375), formed part of a commission from the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) to Thomas Chippendale in 1777-78 as recorded in the cabinet maker's accounts (PHA 6611).
Provenance
By descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Makers and roles
Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779) , cabinetmaker
References
Rowell 2012 : Christopher Rowell, Petworth, The People and the Place, Scala, 2012, p.135-136 Gilbert, 1978: Christopher Gilbert. The life and work of Thomas Chippendale. London: Studio Vista: Christie’s, 1978., p.282-286