Desk chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Oak, elm, ash, fruitwood
Measurements
72.5 x 66 x 60 cm
Place of origin
England
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Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 760887
Summary
An oak, ash, elm and fruitwood desk chair, or corner chair, English, late 18th century. The bowed arm topped by a shallow cresting, and raised on a pair of vase-shaped splats, each pierced by a lozenge, and three ring-turned baluster. The (later) panelled seat raised on four square-section legs joined by foot stretchers.
Provenance
NT 761462, a photograph of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in his Study at Bateman's circa 1930, shows this chair against the rear wall. Bequeathed by Caroline Starr Balestier, Mrs Rudyard Kipling (1862-1939) with Bateman’s and its contents.