Walnut upholstered armchair.
Identifier
FPF361
Title
Walnut upholstered armchair.
Date
1870-1900
Description
Walnut upholstered armchair.
Full Description
This walnut upholstered armchair has a high rectangular back with a scrolled top, and curved padded arms with ring-turned walnut arm supports. The upholstered seat is raised on short ring-turned walnut legs at the front with brass-beaded caps and castors, and square-section slightly raked legs at the back with brass castors. The chair has been re-upholstered, with buttoning in the back and seat. The cover is 20th century. The inside of the left back leg is stamped ‘Holland & Sons’.
Holland & Sons was one of the largest and most prestigious London cabinet- and chair-making firms of the 19th century. By the 1870s, the firm had exhibited furniture and won prizes in most of the important international exhibitions including: the 1851 Great Exhibition, London; the 1855 Paris Exhibition; the 1862 London International Exhibition and the Paris 1878 Exhibition. By the mid-19th century, they were supplying furniture to the Royal family, the aristocracy and institutions like the Army & Navy Club and The Athenaeum Club. The Holland archive is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A similar chair to this was illustrated in the C. & R. Light 1881 trade catalogue, Cabinet Furniture: Designs and Catalogue of Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, Looking Glasses, etc. (Joy, 1994). C. & R. Light were one of the largest wholesale manufacturers in London, supplying furniture retailers across the country.
Holland & Sons was one of the largest and most prestigious London cabinet- and chair-making firms of the 19th century. By the 1870s, the firm had exhibited furniture and won prizes in most of the important international exhibitions including: the 1851 Great Exhibition, London; the 1855 Paris Exhibition; the 1862 London International Exhibition and the Paris 1878 Exhibition. By the mid-19th century, they were supplying furniture to the Royal family, the aristocracy and institutions like the Army & Navy Club and The Athenaeum Club. The Holland archive is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A similar chair to this was illustrated in the C. & R. Light 1881 trade catalogue, Cabinet Furniture: Designs and Catalogue of Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, Looking Glasses, etc. (Joy, 1994). C. & R. Light were one of the largest wholesale manufacturers in London, supplying furniture retailers across the country.
Condition
Front right leg has a small split.
Back legs have scratches and scuffs.
The chair was re-covered in 1983.
Back legs have scratches and scuffs.
The chair was re-covered in 1983.
Materials
American walnut.
Upholstery.
Upholstery.
Physical Dimensions
H. 79
W. 69
D. 97
W. 69
D. 97
Marks
Stamped ‘Holland & Sons’ on left back leg.
Provenance
In the Collection prior to 1993.
Notes
ed. E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, rev. ed. 1994, pp. xlii, 163.
See also: P. Kirkham, R. Mace and J. Porter, Furnishing the World, The East London Furniture Trade 1830-1980, Journeyman Press, 1987.
See also: P. Kirkham, R. Mace and J. Porter, Furnishing the World, The East London Furniture Trade 1830-1980, Journeyman Press, 1987.
