Seat cushion for one of the 'Grecian Couches'
possibly Gillows & Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1813
Materials
Oak, stained walnut, cotton, horsehair, gimp, beech, hessian, webbing
Measurements
87.5 x 206 x 71 cm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926537.2.1
Summary
Seat cushion for one of 'Grecian Couches'
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded. Part of the Hyde Parker Collection, and by descent to Sir Richard Hyde Parker, 12th Baronet (b. 1937). Melford Hall and part of the collection were Accepted in Lieu and transferred by the Treasury to the National Trust in 1960.
Makers and roles
possibly Gillows & Co., designer previously catalogued as possibly George Morant (fl. 1790 - 1839), designer possibly Gillow and Co., cabinetmaker previously catalogued as possibly George Morant (fl. 1790 - 1839), cabinetmaker
References
Jackson-Stops (1981), Gervase Jackson-Stops, 'Thomas Hopper at Melford and Erddig', in National Trust Studies 1981, 69 - 83