Pair of armchairs

Unknown

ca. 1765 · Mahogany, beech and needlework · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Part of a set of seat furniture previously at Lavington Park, Sussex, the chair is related to a design for a so-called "French chair" in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1762). Chippendale suggested to create an open space between the cartouche-shaped back and the seat in order to lighten the overall effect of this drawing-room chair.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1765

Medium

Mahogany, beech and needlework

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964