Desk chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Elm, ash
Measurements
84 x 77 x 65 cm
Place of origin
England
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Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 760890
Summary
An elm and ash desk chair, or corner chair, English, late 18th century. The bow-shaped arm topped by a shallow cresting and above two pierced vase-shaped splats and three ring-turned balusters. The (later) seat board in plain seat rails and raised on four chamfered square-section legs joined by an 'X'-shaped stretcher.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Caroline Starr Balestier, Mrs Rudyard Kipling (1862-1939) with Bateman’s and its contents.