5/1996-1

Collection

Furniture

Brief description

One of a set of four mahogany balloon-back chairs with modern upholstery, thought to have been maufactured in the United Kingdom in c.1865.

Object name

chair

Object number

5/1996-1

Location

On Display

Production date

c.1865 (manufactured)

Production place

England (manufactured)

Period

Victorian (1837-1901)

Material

mahogany
velour

Technique

joined
carved
upholstered
stuffed
tenoned
stained
moulded

Physical description

One of a set of four mahogany balloon back chairs, with mid-rail and top-rail carved with C-scrolls above a stuff-over serpentine seat, on moulded cabriole legs (carved, double curved, tapering legs with a flared foot).

Dimensions

Height: 85.5cm
Width: 49.5cm
Depth: 42.5cm
Depth: 49cm

Website keywords

seating
furniture
Decoration and furnishings

Label

Label text, Geffrye Museum, date unknown:
Balloon back chair, mahogany with cabriole legs, c. 1860, upholstered in modern sabre-cut velour.