Hepplewhite style chair
style of George Hepplewhite (d.1786)
Category
Furniture
Date
1790
Materials
Wood
Measurements
965 x 533 x 432 mm
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Fountains and Studley Royal, North Yorkshire
NT 530866.2
Summary
Two of a set of two Hepplewhite-style country chairs, circa 1790. With fixed seat in dark red horsehair cloth with gimp edge. With arched top rail, the pierced back splat of stylised wheat sheaf form, flanked by shaped uprights with incised moulding. On square-section tapering front legs joined to the rear splayed square-section legs with a H-stretcher, the rear legs joined by a single stretcher.
Marks and inscriptions
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Makers and roles
style of George Hepplewhite (d.1786), designer style of George Hepplewhite (d.1786), cabinetmaker