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Manufacturer:
Marsh and Tatham
(Possibly)
Designer:
Hope, Thomas
Mahogany armchair of klismos form with carved ornament and drop-in seat covered with modern pale blue silk.
Mahogany, with curved panelled table back above pierced curved X-shaped splat centred by a flower head, the panelled arms supported by winged lionesses on fluted plinths, the fluted seat-rail on panelled sabre legs. Drop-in seat covered on accession in woven checked horsehair (not original). The back rail and seat are stamped with 'II'.
History note: Possibly Thomas Hope, Duchess Street, London. Mrs. Marjorie Beatrix Fairbarns; sold Christie's 9 July 1992, Important English Furniture, p. 102, lot, 87; sold for £32,407.50 including premium and VAT to Blairman & Sons, 119 Mount Street, London, W1, from whom purchased by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum with a contribution from the Museums and Galleries Commission Regional Fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum with a contribution from the Museums and Galleries Commission Regional Fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Depth: 53 cm
Height: 89 cm
Width: 66.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1992-07-20) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
George III
19th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
The checked horsehair seat cover was replaced by pale blue silk after accession (1992)
The klismos form was derived from chairs depicted on Greek vases. The design of this example corresponds, but not exactly, to front and side views of a chair illustrated in Thomas Hope’s Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1807, pl. 11, numbers 3 and 4. This work was one of the most influential early nineteenth century sources of furniture designs. A similar chair is shown in R.W. Billings’ drawing of the Flemish Picture Gallery in Hope’s house in Duchess Street, in 1819.
Seat Cover
composed of
silk (textile)
( pale blue)
horsehair fabric
Frame
composed of
mahogany
Front
Height 39 cm
Arms
Plinths, Seat Rail
Seat
Accession number: M.4-1992
Primary reference Number: 95832
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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