Untitled
Neville Neal (1925 - 2000)
Category
Furniture
Date
30 Jan 1965 (ordered)
Materials
Oak, rush
Place of origin
Stockton, Warwickshire
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608293.1
Summary
A set of twenty-one oak rush-seated 'Clissett' chairs, English, made by Neville Neal (1925 - 2000), 1965, after designs by Ernest Gimson (1864 - 1919). All twenty-one chairs [NT 608293.1 - .21] stamped by the maker.
Provenance
Originally twenty-three of this design with three splats ordered on 30 January 1965 by Sir George Trevelyan, Principal of the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham Park, for use in the Students' Dining Room. They cost £161 14s. A gift to the National Trust from the Shropshire Adult Education College when it left Attingham in the 1970s.
Makers and roles
Neville Neal (1925 - 2000), chairmaker after Ernest Gimson (1864 - 1919), designer