Child's chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1920 - circa 1929
Materials
Beech and cane
Measurements
280 mm (width); 550 mm (height); 250 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660448
Summary
A child's size, early 20th century (1920s) cane backed chair with elaborate gilt lackered decoration. The chair has a solid wooden seat possibly made from beech and four turned wooden legs which have curved stretchers on the front and sides. The back legs have a straight stretcher. The back and arms are constructed from six upright pieces of wicker or cane and woven around these are thinner pieces of wicker in a cross-cross pattern. A piece of wicker from the left arm is missing.