Production: Unknown
Mahogany chair with paw feet, the arm-rests, back and saddle-shaped seat covered in leather, a book rest above the back and a drawer in the carved seat rail.
Bequeathed by Louis C. G. Clarke, 1960.
Depth: 58.0 cm
Height: 83.5 cm
Width: 52.0 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 by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Early 18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1735
Frame
composed of
mahogany
Upholstery
composed of
leather
Accession number: M.13-1961
Primary reference Number: 98179
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Chair" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/98179 Accessed: 2023-03-28 19:29:40
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/98179
|title=Chair
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-03-28 19:29:40|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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