Pair of chairs, by John Makepeace

An image of Furniture. Pair of chairs. Makepeace, John (British, b.1939). Fumed English oak, polished aluminium, and red leather, 2015. Provenance: The fumed oak used in the construction of the chairs comes from a tree at Longleat, planted in 1740 and felled in 1980. The chairs were originally designed as part of the ceremonial furniture for graduation ceremonies at Plymouth University. Given by Sir Nicholas and Lady Judith Goodison, through the Art Fund.

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Furniture. Pair of chairs. Makepeace, John (British, b.1939). Fumed English oak, polished aluminium, and red leather, 2015. Provenance: The fumed oak used in the construction of the chairs comes from a tree at Longleat, planted in 1740 and felled in 1980. The chairs were originally designed as part of the ceremonial furniture for graduation ceremonies at Plymouth University. Given by Sir Nicholas and Lady Judith Goodison, through the Art Fund.

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Accession Number: M.485A & B-2015
© John Makepeace. Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 737 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 83.41kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2015:11:16 12:32:31

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