Hall chair
possibly Chippendale, Haig & Co. (fl. 1771 - 1779)
Category
Furniture
Date
1775 - 1785
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
104 x 48.7 x 45 cm
Place of origin
England
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781495.1
Summary
One of a pair of mahogany hall chairs, English, circa 1780 The carved wheel back with pierced arcaded spokes and leaf carved moulded frame with a circular dished central panel held by a waisted moulded neck. The dished solid shaped seat with moulded edge and fluted front seat rail centred by an oval flower head rosette raised on stop fluted square section tapered legs headed by further flower head rosettes. Paper label to the underside of the seat....'Leeds City Art Gallery and Temple Newsam House' Label 'FS8', 'L136'. Label 'SPAB 40'. Label 'Pair of hall chairs on loan from SPAB Loan Agreement file June 1981'.
Provenance
Part of the Stannus Bequest to the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Loaned to the National Trust in 1981 by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings
Marks and inscriptions
Under seat rail: ’Leeds City Art Gallery and Temple Newsam House’ Label 'FS8', '/69', 'L136'. Label 'SPAB 40'. Label 'Pair of hall chairs on loan from SPAB Loan Agreement file June 1981'.
Makers and roles
possibly Chippendale, Haig & Co. (fl. 1771 - 1779), cabinetmaker possibly Haig & Chippendale (fl. 1779 - 1796), cabinetmaker possibly Chippendale, Haig & Co. (fl. 1771 - 1779), furniture designer possibly Haig & Chippendale (fl. 1779 - 1796), furniture designer