Open armchair
workshop of Edward Gardiner (1880 - 1958)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1950
Materials
Oak, ash, rush
Measurements
107 x 60 x 42 cm
Place of origin
Warwickshire
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608293.3
Summary
An oak and rush-seated open ladderback armchair, English, circa 1950, by Edward Gardiner (1880 - 1958) of Warwickshire. Having four shaped horizontal splats between turned uprights. The seat of rush and raised on four turned legs joined by simple twinned spindle stretchers.
Provenance
Ordered from Edward Gardiner (1880 - 1958) by Sir George Trevelyan, Principal of the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham Park, for use in the Students' Dining Room. A gift to the National Trust from the Shropshire Adult Education College when it left Attingham in the 1970s.
Makers and roles
workshop of Edward Gardiner (1880 - 1958), chairmaker