Open armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1830 - circa 1850
Materials
Beechwood, gesso, gilt, silk damask, braid
Measurements
90.5 x 63.8 x 65.0 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608117.4
Summary
A giltwood and upholstered open armchair, in Louis XV style, English, mid-19th century, one of a set of eight. Upholstered in crimson silk damask with crimson braid. The cartouche-shaped padded back in a moulded frame. The arms outswept, partially padded and upholstered and scroll-ended, and raised on moulded arm supports either side of a serpentine-fronted upholstered seat. With moulded seat rails and raised on four moulded cabriole supports; the feet each carved with a leaf motive.
Provenance
Recorded in the Inventory taken at Attingham in 1861 on p. 96. Believed to be 3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842). By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.