Production: Unknown
Walnut chair with shallow carved open back and solid splat, cabriole legs with shells on knees and claw and ball feet. The splat also joins the back frame at the waist. The balloon-shaped drop-in seat is covered with velvet, and the curved seat rail is decorated with a shell decoration. One of a pair with M10A-1961.
Bequeathed by Louis C. G. Clarke, 1960.
Depth: 45.7 cm
Height: 103.3 cm
Width: 57.2 cm
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.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Early 18th Century
George I
Production date:
circa
AD 1720
Frame composed of walnut
Accession number: M.10B-1961
Primary reference Number: 95953
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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