English chair, c.1755-70, carved mahogany, after a design by Thomas Chippendale. Renewed top cover in green silk damask. One of a set of six, W.62 to 67-1940.
| Attributes | Values |
|---|
| rdf:type
| |
| rdfs:label
| |
| rdfs:comment
| - English chair, c.1755-70, carved mahogany, after a design by Thomas Chippendale. Renewed top cover in green silk damask. One of a set of six, W.62 to 67-1940. (en)
- Side chairs were designed for dining or playing at cards. When not in use, they were placed against the wall, where the elaborate backs created a decorative effect.
The back of this chair is inspired by a design in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (Plate XII, 1754 and 1755 editions, Plate XIII, repeated in Plate XIV, 3rd edition, 1762). The 'pedestal' or shoe for the back splat of one of this set of six chairs (W.62-1940) is inscribed in pencil '6 pedistals for Chipendels backs'. It is likely that the maker was simply following Chippendale's published designs, rather than working for the firm. The quality of the carving is not good enough for the chairs to have been made by the Chippendale firm.
Many versions were made by furniture makers throughout Britain and overseas, in a wide range of qualities. Without evidence from bills and inventories it is impossible to date such chairs closely. We know that workshops were producing chairs of this pattern more than 30 years after the 'Director' was published. When chairs were made following Director patterns, as in this example, it is only the back that is copied from the published plate. The seat and legs tend to be treated much more conventionally.
Chippendale's notes to the plate recommend that the design should be carefully drawn to scale before carving. He indicates that the fabric used to cover such chairs usually matches the window curtains. The height of the chair back should never be more than 22 inches (56 centimetres) above that of the seat. The mahogany would have been imported from the West Indies.
This object is on loan to Sewerby Hall. (en)
- Carved mahogany. Symmetrically wavy top-rail with rococo detail carved in shallow relief. Pierced splat with inward facing scrolls, shallow relief carved acanthus leaves. Plain square front and back legs and four rectangular stretchers. Inner legs are chamfered. Tapering solid wood uprights reeded in front. Serpentine-fronted seat. Replacement seat top cover in green silk damask, and trimmed with braid.
The front and side seat rails have been replaced, in birch(?), probably in 1876 when the chairs were restored by Hancock of Stratford-on-Avon (and when the inscription was found under the shoe of one chair in this set - W.62-1940). (en)
|
| sameAs
| |
| dc:identifier
| |
| P3 has note
| - English chair, c.1755-70, carved mahogany, after a design by Thomas Chippendale. Renewed top cover in green silk damask. One of a set of six, W.62 to 67-1940. (en)
- Side chairs were designed for dining or playing at cards. When not in use, they were placed against the wall, where the elaborate backs created a decorative effect.
The back of this chair is inspired by a design in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (Plate XII, 1754 and 1755 editions, Plate XIII, repeated in Plate XIV, 3rd edition, 1762). The 'pedestal' or shoe for the back splat of one of this set of six chairs (W.62-1940) is inscribed in pencil '6 pedistals for Chipendels backs'. It is likely that the maker was simply following Chippendale's published designs, rather than working for the firm. The quality of the carving is not good enough for the chairs to have been made by the Chippendale firm.
Many versions were made by furniture makers throughout Britain and overseas, in a wide range of qualities. Without evidence from bills and inventories it is impossible to date such chairs closely. We know that workshops were producing chairs of this pattern more than 30 years after the 'Director' was published. When chairs were made following Director patterns, as in this example, it is only the back that is copied from the published plate. The seat and legs tend to be treated much more conventionally.
Chippendale's notes to the plate recommend that the design should be carefully drawn to scale before carving. He indicates that the fabric used to cover such chairs usually matches the window curtains. The height of the chair back should never be more than 22 inches (56 centimetres) above that of the seat. The mahogany would have been imported from the West Indies.
This object is on loan to Sewerby Hall. (en)
- Carved mahogany. Symmetrically wavy top-rail with rococo detail carved in shallow relief. Pierced splat with inward facing scrolls, shallow relief carved acanthus leaves. Plain square front and back legs and four rectangular stretchers. Inner legs are chamfered. Tapering solid wood uprights reeded in front. Serpentine-fronted seat. Replacement seat top cover in green silk damask, and trimmed with braid.
The front and side seat rails have been replaced, in birch(?), probably in 1876 when the chairs were restored by Hancock of Stratford-on-Avon (and when the inscription was found under the shoe of one chair in this set - W.62-1940). (en)
|
| P43 has dimension
| |
| P65 shows visual item
| |
| P138 has representation
| |
| P102 has title
| |
| is P106 is composed of
of | |
| is P41 classified
of | |
| is P108 has produced
of | |
| is rdf:subject
of | |
| is P129 is about
of | |
| is P24 transferred title of
of | |
| is crmsci:O8_observed
of | |
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)