Pair of Armchairs: M.5A & B-2018

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Titles

Pair of Armchairs

Maker(s)

Entities

Description

Devon walnut and rosewood, carved, inlaid and fabricated; upholstered seats.

Pair of armchairs, open rectangular form with four legs and two arms. Vertical splat at centre back has inlaid stripe at each side and bows towards its base, joining the seat frame forward of the rear legs. Drop-in seats in terracotta-red upholstery.

Notes

History note: The Chairman's Office and Dining Room of the TSB, 25 Milk Street, London, 1990; moved to the Deputy Chairman's Office, Lloyds TSB Group Plc, 71 Lombard Street, London. Director's office, Fitzwilliam Museum.

Legal notes

Given by Nicholas and Judith Goodison through the Art Fund

Measurements and weight

Depth: 53.5 cm
Height: 96.5 cm
Width: 56.3 cm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Place(s) associated

Cullompton ⪼ Devon ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2018-09-25) by Goodison, Nicholas and Judith

Dating

Late 20th Century
Production date: AD 1990

Note

Alan Peters OBE (1933-2009) was one of the most distinguished furniture designer/makers of the 20th century. Apprenticed to Edward Barnsley, he set up his own workshop in the 1960s and was awarded OBE in 1990. These chairs are a particularly fine example of Asian design on Peter’s work: the forward positioning of the lumbered splat is a typical feature of Chinese chairs from the 17th century onwards.

The chairs were part of a suite of furniture commissioned for the Chairman's Office and meeting room of the TSB Group at 25 Milk Street, London, by Sir Nicholas Goodison, in 1990. The suite was later sold by TSB. Several other pieces are also now in the Fitzwilliam collection, including a pair of side tables and a console table.