Nursing chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1850 - 1880
Materials
Mahogany and cotton
Measurements
775 x 510 x 470 mm
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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 784056
Summary
Mahogany nursing chair, mid Victorian; back uprights incurved and scroll-carved, the lower ends swept forward; single carved vase splat; broad top rail upholstered in modern buttoned damask of white-ground floral pattern matching the stuffed-over seat; show-wood front seat rail serpentine, between corner blocks; front legs baluster-turned; back legs widely splayed; on castors.
Provenance
Bequest of Mrs Ashton, 1988