Open armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, fabric and gimp
Measurements
555 mm (width); 920 mm (height); 465 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665914
Summary
A wooden carver chair with shaped arms ending in scrolls. Cabriole front legs are supported on tapered feet. The central splat of the back has a pierced design and is supported by a shaped top rail and a bottom rail. The chair back uprights and back legs are fashioned from a single piece of wood. The legs are supported by 'H' shaped turned stretchers. There is also a turned stretcher between the two back legs. The seat is upholstered with a dark red fabric edged with dark red gimp.