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Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description The chair has a scrolled back with a turned and reeded top rail, above a rectangular veneered panel framed with banding, a horizontal strip of pierced moulded ogee interlace and a lower rail of carved leaf tips. The moulded down-swept arms are supported on turned balusters. The slender tapered front legs have a turning at the top, above reeds and turned ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is French for a spinning top). The light design of the chair is typical of the taste at the end of the century, made popular by Thomas Sheraton’s design books, amongst others. It seems almost too slender for use as a dining chair and was perhaps more suitable for a study or library. Comparable painted and gilded chairs, with upholstery covers to suit the curtains and other textiles, were generally used in drawing rooms or bedrooms. This chair has been re-covered in the 20th century with horsehair fabric and close-nailed, very much in the way it was probably done originally. The framed panel in the back, which was quite a common feature at this period, would generally have displayed a well-figured veneer, or a painted scene or decoration. Condition Old cracks and damage to the top rail. Veneer loss to the rectangular panel, which is fixed at bottom with wire, and its surface varnish has decomposed. The left arm support is damaged at the joint with the seat rail. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 84 W. 54 D. 54 Parker Numbers 6230 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons in December 1929 from Heals for £5.8.0 Notes Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, 1793, 1794 and 1802. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF277 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany armchair with carved interlace back and upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790-1810. Description An account of the resource Mahogany armchair with carved and pierced interlace rail in the back, upholstered seat and turned and reeded front legs. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1c3e866ada3853ec9804bb3beadc9de4.jpg ee6551e5068823e996362fcc9967f5b0 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e450d3fc09eefed015463dde56ce92cf.jpg 63acb3ac84ae101881f80b23d0095088 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/7cdd2ebcf883aa1a8242777c25209b8b.jpg 166ed92be972fdf5e0c82dde9eb2c158 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9902e5314cdc0b05c12b48b033251aec.jpg 247aabe2ff679f86e222b7a2ab61f859 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d03bcc55303b68bf75388019fa93ff5a.jpg 98bb7c5922955dad1e86728e2f885e43 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/77f46ed0f621f7188f6eef24221ce0b3.jpg 22378235e74619c65f1367ffba802609 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/aea7db8cbeb65f4d4beb12535027e502.jpg 474c4dbef5e4f374c3490253d476e4f8 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/adb077132cc58779d33261063c9a63e8.jpg f75b08ba416fc049c4545b7ae0fea38d Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany armchair was made by Frederick Parkers in the 1930s, using the crest rail, splat and right arm of late 18th century chair. The back is formed of three arches, the outer edges decorated with a beaded moulding and the front faces carved in low relief with acanthus leaves and palms. The splat is carved and pierced into four roundels, each with a stylised anthemion, or honeysuckle. The arms have pads of upholstery and are curved outwards, carved with acanthus leaves and terminate with a ball. They rest on down-swept and fluted supports, incised at the base in the form of a Greek key. The seat rails are shaped and curved and the seat itself and the arm pads are upholstered with leather covers secured with rows of domed nails. The front legs are square in section, tapering, reeded and fluted, the tops with carved roundels in the form of a sun-burst. The feet are carved with acanthus leaves beneath a squared moulding. The back legs are square in section, tapering and flared. The style of the chair is neo-classical in form and decoration; it is similar to chairs made by John Linnell for Osterley House and Kenwood House in the 1770s (Edwards, 1966). The Frederick Parker Collection includes several examples of chairs made up from a few period elements, like this one. Often the results were not intended to be perfect copies of actual chairs but were designed to suit the commercial needs of the company in making reproduction furniture suitable for domestic and contract customers. In this chair the front legs are copies from another chair in the Collection, FPF 209A. The Collection also includes hundreds of chair parts which the designers and craftsmen would have used as reference material. Condition The upholstery and leather covers are original to the chair, c.1930. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 97 W. 61 D. 58 Parker Numbers The front seat rail is stamped U6576. The back seat rail is painted with the numbers 172/6271. Provenance Made up by Frederick Parker & Son in the 1930s. Notes Ralph Edwards, Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1966, p.155. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF172 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany armchair with carved splat and upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930-1935 with crest rail, splat and right arm c.1770. Description An account of the resource A mahogany armchair with a carved and pierced splat and upholstered seat. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5e3f7cfedee6c8aca918d68ec43d1b0c.jpg 5c9396506cbadeac547863f31eabd80b https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/3eb3b577aa859ef3596cbd39d5264089.jpg b3189ccd8c1e6e675acd1e81515b6157 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/085248cf344164bd43ecf716d9658052.jpg 53b89bf09c9c69a854ee942c11921897 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/31a80b5b2711c821e468be48c6fff568.jpg becbb5e5b5bb8dd60b21d543e0fa335f https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9d2e62c7e3619abe8e45e13416217130.jpg e65eb3cdf0e3f54da835a5ba451ddff5 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e43b0365a2154d63fa46aab067510782.jpg e67a8f19cd2f1dcb891c79aacc65453a Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany armchair has a raised channel-moulded crest rail carved with flowers and foliage, and channel-moulded upright posts joined by a lower rail just above the seat. The splat is formed of three vertical splats, the outer pair joined across the top to form rectangular frame; the centre splat is shaped and carved into an elongated vase carved with fluting. The curved arms meet down-swept channel-moulded supports which are fixed to the seat rails. The tapering stuff-over seat is covered in a modern dark green leather and close-nailed. The front legs are square-section and tapering, with channel-moulded panels and spade feet; the back legs are plain, tapering and flared. This chair demonstrates the influence of published furniture designs which proliferated in the second half of the 18th century, particularly in the 1790s. The back is possibly inspired by Thomas Sheraton patterns published in his Cabinet-Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, 1791-94 (Edwards, 1945). A very similar chair features in George Hepplewhite's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788-94, which also shows an elongated vase splat. It is possible that Hepplewhite copied this design from Sheraton (Tomlin, 1972). Condition The arms are replaced. The upholstery is 20th century; there are fragments of an earlier black cover under the tacks. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 56 D. 53 Parker Numbers 886. 143. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons pre-1911, valued at £2.0.0 Notes R. Edwards, Sheraton Furniture Designs from the Cabinet-Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book 1791-94, London, 1945, p. 41 (top left), p. 43 (bottom right). A. Hepplewhite and Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, Repository of designs for every article of household furniture . 3rd ed., 1794, plate 1. Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1972, p. 144, Q/9. A chair of comparable design is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, W.70-1937. <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372313/chair-unknown/">Chair | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF270 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany armchair with carved splat back and upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790-1800 Description An account of the resource Mahogany armchair with carved vase-shaped splat and upholstered seat. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a276a641f02c97ad9cdceeaab0362043.jpg a4ba5fc32c41da799bea51bb78f8df80 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/becc21cbbf4acdc50a92e35b250656c3.jpg aed625ecb3b5124bc7c57c2185ec6f58 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany chair back has a tablet crest rail inlaid with satinwood panels bordered by ebonised stringing. The splat is formed of three pairs of back-to-back carved C-scrolls with central paterae and rosettes at the tips, with three vertical wheatear-styled shafts between them. There is a lower cross rail which is also inlaid to match the tablet above. The posts are tapering and moulded, continuous with the square-section flared back legs. There are slots for arms and seat rails. This chair back is modelled after a design by George Hepplewhite (c. 1727-86), published posthumously in A. Hepplewhite & Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, third edition 1794, Plates 12 and 13. The accompanying text in the 1794 edition states: ‘… designs for chair backs, proper to be executed in mahogany or japan; some of them applicable to the more elegant kind of chairs with backs and seats of red or blue morocco leather…’. These Hepplewhite designs were new to the third edition of The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide and were a response to the fashionable taste of the period influenced by the Louis XVI style in France; the chair backs and seats were typically squarer in shape (Joy, 1994). Condition Good condition with early patina. Materials Mahogany. Satinwood. Ebony or ebonised stringing. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 83 W. 43 D. 5 Parker Numbers 6232 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons from Heals in 1929 for £3 6s. Notes Ed. E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, reprinted 1994, pp. 54-55 and p. 91, Plates 12 and 13. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF274 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany chair back with scrolled splat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790-1800 Description An account of the resource Mahogany chair back with tablet crest rail and scrolled splat. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/4325368c52ee273b01f140a09f73d670.jpg a46ae41d4805e4a808a8cb1118b1d321 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e16fd11f6c1a6191a3642531186b0215.jpg 0920ee0292396212e7dd11f232956cd2 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/62cf039a90a8f51a8358f9244a126d17.jpg e3b4d92bff812a1a182472f474e86631 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f1a5edb5e0d55178a04cebde7ba8bd4a.jpg 87ecf0f24886ff8a07d50e6dc698a4aa https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e283c362755099f289f0c210e7396952.jpg 5f78a80aa17a11245f91b758bf8c955e https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/52f37a2cfb52327e3890950dbbf054b2.jpg f85ce77a5353b5af9aadf6c189608717 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d31f75ded756c952b285864360038ae3.jpg c210d6920cb6179df1636d218be004a7 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This is a rare survival of an 18th or early 19th century exercise machine used indoors to simulate the action of riding a horse. The ‘rider’ would pull forwards the retractable footrest, mount the leathered cushion, grip the sidebars and push him or herself up and down on the sprung seat. The idea seems to have been introduced during the first half of the 18th century. In a newspaper advertisement of 1740, Henry Marsh of Clare-Market, London described himself as the inventor. Gillows appear to have been making them before 1790 since they refer to one in a letter of that year saying that it was ‘let out for a short time’ and in January the same year they supplied a chamber horse to a client, Mrs Lindow (Stuart, 2008). Thomas Sheraton was the first to publish a design, in 1793, which included a cross-section through the seat to show how it worked. This chamber horse in the Frederick Parker Collection is very similar to the Sheraton design and its reconstruction to working order in 1985 was based on it. Sheraton wrote that the inside ‘consists of five wainscot boards, clamped at the ends; to which are fixed strong wire twisted round a block in regular gradation, so that when the wire is compressed by the weight of those who exercise, each turn of it may clear itself and fall within each other. The top board is stuffed with hair as a chair seat, and the leather is fixed to each board with brass nails, tacked all round’. This would appear to be the first published design for coiled iron springs which were to become almost universally used in upholstery and mattresses from the 1840s right up to the present. Before this period the development of springing had been concentrated on carriages and stage coaches which had to negotiate rough country roads and cobbled streets. In the present case the springs are used for their mechanical action rather than for comfort, although there are references to sprung seat furniture in Germany and France as early as 1765, apparently used with ease of sitting in mind, but not necessarily referring to coiled springs. Condition Fully restored to working order in 1985. Upholstery, seat boards and footrest replaced. Materials Mahogany. Oak. Steel springs. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 89 W. 74 D. 56 Parker Numbers OM 1769. Provenance The frame was purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons, August 1912, for 5 shillings. The working parts were missing. Notes Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Antiques Collectors’ Club, 2008, Vol. II, p.93. Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing-Book, 1793, Appendix, plate XXII. A similar chamber horse is illustrated in Geoffrey Wills, English Furniture 1760-1900, Guinness, 1979, p. 151. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF399 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany chamber horse. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790-1810 Description An account of the resource A chamber horse for indoor exercise, comprising a leather-covered sprung seat within a mahogany frame. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/47e78f17900035c437b4421ac343686b.jpg 1019c5bba66fe37186d5afa863d9b46e https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/2ab46c0e18721fb0d3b39eb2f54ae865.jpg ac76a37f69d118ccd1df811c14ceb332 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/0b4078540a175b01b85db78062313c90.jpg 5f7cfef5928226bfd23703f6296bb96e https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/8efb1e8b14f8b550fe6848051dc67d69.jpg 807046ffb1d7373a767b436b79fdf37c https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5240615867e8b60db50fe47f2065fee2.jpg 02dc33b883b9cda1afd2118d237dea90 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany chair has an undulating moulded crest rail with rounded corners above a solid inverted baluster splat flanked by tapering square-section back posts. The posts are continuous with the front legs, which are joined by pin hinges to the back legs. All four legs terminate in reverse-scroll feet and are joined with turned stretchers. The square seat is a hinged frame, with webbing supporting a pad covered in a modern fabric, which is lifted up in order to enable the chair to fold. There are three webbing straps from front to back under the seat to restrain the hinged fame when open and which allow it to fold up. This chair was made in the late 19th century. In style it is similar to Dutch folding chairs, or church chairs, of the early 18th century, examples of which are in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (see note). In the latter part of the 19th century, folding chairs in England were described as campaign chairs, a term relating to officers’ equipment during the Peninsular and Crimean Wars. Folding chair-makers were prolific in late 19th century London; for example, in 1883 The Furniture Gazette recorded a display of folding furniture, including the ‘Acme’ folding chair by John Mallabone (fl. 1883-88) of York Road, Lambeth, at the Third Annual Furniture Exhibition, held in the Agricultural Hall, London (BIFMO). For another example of a folding chair in the Frederick Parker Collection see FPF466. Condition The seat frame is possibly replaced; there are signs of an earlier arrangement with recesses for hinges in the front seat rail. The upholstery is replaced. The feet have been re-tipped. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 86 W. 51 D. 52 Provenance Acquired for the Collection 16 June 2016. Notes For a 17th century Dutch folding chair see: <a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?q=kerkstoel&p=1&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=2#/BK-NM-3382,0">Kerkstoel, Michiel Maenbeeck, c. 1662 - c. 1666 | Rijksmuseum</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF490 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany folding chair with inverted baluster splat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880-1900 Description An account of the resource Mahogany folding chair with inverted baluster splat and padded seat. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/956a0531ee40251a2df4a75efca39e26.jpg d82edf09ae1c11404fd95391ef4a0562 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f5af9f2912fa76629181746e337c5e67.jpg 6d0ffd5e7a2f6d7a8026f54625afaa1b https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/c14c0a8699a9732ab0a66ca1ba14922b.jpg ea3b148a099cfda4f763e263b8a28106 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/7e0fe453b8ce17702115b76e620f4d53.jpg 1faf5bd568e7306c814382d156766590 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/01816c44e5f3ca963710fac0a5f5bf5f.jpg f5fee4080418f26a52378aa70fe74b25 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany side chair in the gothic style has a concave back with an undulating crest rail carved with an unusual wheel motif at the centre. It joins square-section back posts with three rusticated blocks on each, which give an architectural feeling to the chair. The back posts have filled dowel holes on the tops for finials, now missing. A gothic splat, pierced like window tracery, joins a flat ‘shoe’ fitted to the back seat rail. The chair has a tapered upholstered drop-in seat covered with a 20th century red worsted material. The seat-rail has moulded top edges and is supported on square-section legs, chamfered on the insides and with gothic brackets at the joints. The square-section back legs are flared with heels. There is an identical set of six mahogany and mahogany-veneered chairs at Saltram, Devon, one of which is stamped 'I.W.' or 'J.W.', presumably the initials of the maker. The Saltram chairs have ball finials on the back posts. It is not known when the chairs were acquired for Saltram but they were there in 1951 when the house was accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Death Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951). A similar set of three armchairs is at Stourhead, Wiltshire, one of which is on loan to Attingham Park. The mid-18th century Gothic Revival was made fashionable by the antiquarian and collector Horace Walpole (1717-97), and the completion of his villa, Strawberry Hill, Middlesex, in 1753. This was followed by other gothic houses, interiors and furnishings such as Lee Priory, Kent; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; and Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Thomas Chippendale (1718-79) included ‘gothic’ designs for chairs in the first edition of his Director in 1754, and many other designers and architects adopted the style. This chair is possibly by a regional maker, as indicated by the quirkiness and naivety of the design; the gothic tracery in the back has a similar feeling to designs by Robert Manwaring, published in 1765. Condition Missing finials on the back posts. The padded drop-in seat frame is late-19th century. The right front leg is replaced. Three of the brackets have been restored. The bracket on the side of the right leg is replaced. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 53 D. 53 Parker Numbers OM 5182. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050. Page 117. Provenance In the Collection prior to 1993. Notes Saltram chairs, see: <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/871288">Untitled 871288 | National Trust collections</a> Stourhead chairs, see: <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/731769">Untitled 731769| National Trust collections</a> Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director, First Edition, 1754, Plates XXI and XXII. Robert Manwaring, The Cabinet and Chair-Maker’s Real Friend and Companion, 1765, Plates 14-15. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF157 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany gothic-style side chair with upholstered drop-in seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1760-1770 Description An account of the resource Mahogany gothic-style side chair with upholstered drop-in seat. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d97c9fca21371a542783492802311295.jpg 90fdbfdfbcfab0a9cdab3bc492538bea https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d7e2c88007306934b4d4b04951db5f5c.jpg 3dc52e1dae63931997b1b6dd2bc64024 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/bdbb996bdc928be76ad0ebba85f89029.jpg 9989a0803412e1d9f274265940417de6 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/188ed6d0927d97bbe8c85fb3b8615be2.jpg 03947ab44a88d35a892d425241a83004 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/28ccacec72217495758b80d12454e090.jpg 2fd54b7ba01276cb5b01dc1bce535cd2 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany high stool has a square-section back rail flanked by short moulded and tapering back posts, continuous with tapering and flared back legs. The seat rails are plain and are tenoned into the legs, supporting a flat seat panel with rounded edges. The front legs are ring-turned columnar legs terminating in ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is the French term for a spinning top). This stool was probably used in a shop. As early as 1750, shop stools were advertised as ‘dy’d Beach [sic] Chairs’ for ‘Retail’ on the trade card of Francis Thompson, Turner and Chair-maker, at The Three Chairs in St. John’s Lane, near Hick’s Hall (Heal, 1953). In 1872, later examples appeared in the trade catalogue of W. Collins & Son of Downley, High Wycombe (Gloag, 1991). Condition Seat replaced. Front left leg replaced (note that the turning does not match the right leg). Materials Mahogany. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 61 W. 28 D. 30 Parker Numbers OM 6045. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, Ms. FPA050, page 96. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons on 26 May 1925 for 15s. Notes J. Gloag, A Complete Dictionary of Furniture, revised and expanded by C. Edwards, Woodstock, 1991, p. 607. Sir Ambrose Heal, The London Furniture Makers. From the Restoration to the Victorian Era,1660-1840, London, 1953, pp. 181, 183. A pair of related stools, described as hall chairs, was sold by Sotheby’s, Olympia, 30 September 2002, lot 284. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF291 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany high stool. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1820-1840 Description An account of the resource Mahogany high stool. https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/65a750c41cc5076f4d90ad2f159b5505.jpg 6003ca8d959c5f0d860c4235d16bf4df https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f659956b99a92227c4255fbadb3e8810.jpg 587e1535b0f0dde2c29dcd601402ee08 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/89e0e3a163253591c22b47caba143932.jpg f7b9755bef6608930b49a49a435fa5cb https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/ccb773e80f3369c927335c3359e2d415.jpg ab192a58d2a46d9110d71ff63ce2f966 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1fabfe8f3b7cee66f302d6f76a469555.jpg 7dc819eaf0527ceee51aa931fbc84c88 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5d84d839bdbb28762b4e4646ab495b50.jpg 0e6c986bd692579a76bebbda6c92ca97 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany ladder-back side chair has four graduated, carved and pierced serpentine rails, or ‘rungs’, between tapering and fluted back posts. The chair back is concave, flared and with pointed top corners. The tapering stuff-over seat is raised on square-section, moulded legs joined by an H-stretcher, with a rear stretcher set slightly higher. The upholstery and satin damask cover are 20th century. Fashionable ladder-back chairs were derived from the vernacular form which was common in England and on the Continent from at least the 17th century. The first known instances of fashionable English ladder-back chairs are those made by Elizabeth Hutt & Son of St Paul's Churchyard in 1739 (Jervis, 1993) and by Giles Grendey in around 1750 (Jervis, 1974). See also FPF 144, attributed to Grendey. Chairs of a similar style to this more elaborate example (FPF 147) were made by Gillows of Lancaster in the 1770s and 1780s, who described them as ‘Fiddle back’ or ‘Old Splat’ chairs. The former term seems to have originated from a fanciful resemblance between the pierced rails of the ladder-back and the sound holes of a violin (Stuart, 2008). Condition In good condition. Upholstery replaced. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 94 W. 56 D. 58 Parker Numbers 3822. 4373 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons, November 1916, ex Dare, £9 10s Notes Simon Jervis, 'A 1739 Suite of Seat Furniture at Bowringsleigh', Furniture History, 1993, pp.40-43. Simon Jervis, ‘A Great Dealer in the Cabinet Way: Giles Grendey (1693-1780)’, Country Life, 6 June 1974, p. 1419 and fig. 4. Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, Vol. 1, p. 134, Plate: Chair Patterns 1a, no. 11; pp. 157-158, Plate 107. A set of fourteen ladder-back chairs of related model was sold at Christie’s, New York, 10 May 2018, lot 678. A related armchair is at Mompesson House, Wiltshire, see <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/724181">Ladderback chair 724181 | National Trust collections</a> This chair is currently on loan to No 1 Royal Crescent, Bath. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF147 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany ladder-back side chair. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1770-1785 Description An account of the resource Mahogany ladder-back side chair with upholstered seat. This chair can now be viewed at No.1 Royal Crescent, Bath. <a href="https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk/about/explore/">https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk/about/explore/</a> https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a58f559ba4370bd17e752e42765c12c1.jpg f360371b269afe3a41b100f7554f7b8e https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d2d6034e203716b34c35c38ade9d7b30.jpg 544ce04bc9ad203a53b7171fe11ddc84 https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/b5a5c91d33ffb8cbe3ea666c393ddfaa.jpg 054cdf3677e3af51080bc31710aa3bdc https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/94137cdcfaf961972322c254b5fe3b30.jpg a4bd9c355aaa9170ffc2e6175047f48d https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a78db03f6daf3eee9466b610ee71cdf5.jpg 64c6fcf4177c7e331f497d08a31a75ca https://frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/0f4a213a311974f8b2398d0f65144004.jpg fe50bb2c16da6a885a30cb5d46031b74 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany armchair was made up by Parkers in c.1930 using the upper part of a good quality 18th century chair. The moulded, tapered back posts with wave-shaped and pierced crest and rails and the shapely arms resting on curved supports are from a 1770s chair. The concave and tapering upholstered seat, chamfered legs and H-stretchers were made in the 1930s to suit. The rear legs are strengthened by an additional stretcher, and are shortened and fitted with castors, for reasons unknown. A simple form of ladderback was used on vernacular chairs from the 17th century and was adapted for fashionable chairs in the 18th century, as here, where the rails are skilfully shaped, pierced and carved. This is one of the few instances where a vernacular form was copied into fashionable furniture, rather than the other way round. Condition The back and arms are 18th century; the rest of the chair is c.1930. There are tack holes on the back posts, indicating that the back had been upholstered at some time. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Steel and brass castors. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 66 D. 63 Parker Numbers Painted under seat rail: ‘128/6263’. Plastic label inside seat rail: ‘OM 6263’. Associated number: 5189. The Parker archive records two occasions when reproductions of this chair were made to commission, OM 1443, cost £1.10.0 and OM 1478 made up July 1930, cost £5. Provenance Made by Frederick Parker & Sons c.1930. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF128 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany ladderback armchair with upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1770-1780 back and arms, remainder c.1930. Description An account of the resource A mahogany ladderback armchair with 18th century back and arms, the rest made in the 1930s.