Hall chair
John Bowman
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1970
Materials
White-painted timber
Measurements
95 x 44.5 cm
Place of origin
Plymouth
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Saltram, Devon
NT 871491.2
Summary
A hall chair, one of a set of four white-painted wooden hall chairs, English, mid-20th century, a copy of mid- to late 18th century hall chairs found in the rubble of the chapel, completed in 1778. With a scalloped back terminating at its base in a scroll. The seat also scalloped and above a quatrefoil and lozenge-pierced front seat rail. Raised to the front on a pair of silhouette pierced cabriole legs, and to the rear on outswept legs. Joined by a curving 'H'-shaped stretcher.
Provenance
Made for NT by John Bowman (Clerk of Works, Saltram) c.1970
Makers and roles
John Bowman, maker