Chair
possibly J. M. Willcox (c.1802 - 1859)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Oak, cane and needlework
Measurements
1130 x 505 x 495 mm
Place of origin
Warwick
Order this imageCollection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 532981.4
Summary
A carved oak chair, English, circa 1830, possibly by James Morris Willcox (died in 1859). Believed to have been copied from the late 17th century walnut armchair (NT 532982); The needlework loose seat was possibly worked by Mary Elizabeth Lucy. The chair consists of a caned back panel surrounded by carved acanthus scrolls which are flanked by twist-turned posts topped with carved finials. The top rail is carved with an English rose surmounted by a crown. The twist turned legs are on square block feet. There is a twist turned middle stretcher and a foliate carved fore-rail centred by a fleur-de-lys,. The square seat consists of a Needleworked wool seat pad features lines of repeated florals and leaves of pink, yellow and blue on a light pattened green background framed by lines of pinks and greens. From a set of eight comprising six chairs and a pair of armchairs (532981.1-8).
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy (1896 – 1965), two years after the death of his father, Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1944), with Charlecote Park and its chief contents, in 1946.
Marks and inscriptions
6 6 marked on base of seat pad
Makers and roles
possibly J. M. Willcox (c.1802 - 1859), carver