Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Mahogany, deal, webbing, fabric
Measurements
84.5 x 50 x 43.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926659.4
Summary
A mahogany chair, one of a set of eight mahogany chairs, English, early 19th century. The set comprising six standard chairs and two open armchairs [NT 926659.7 & .8]. The back of two horizontal splats, both with reeded borders, and between a pair of reeded uprights descending to outswept rear legs. The seats drop-in and upholstered in yellow corded fabric, and raised on tapering square-section and reeded front supports. The legs joined by an 'H'-shaped and a rear stretcher.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust in 2004.