1720~, United Kingdom

1720~, United Kingdom

Identifier
W.1-2002
Acquisition
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum
Carried out by
Roberts Family (http://data.silknow.org/activity/designer)
Collection
Depiction
Dimension
56 cm (depth)
72.5 cm (depth)
41.5 cm (height)
105.3 cm (height)
58.5 cm (width)
66 cm (width)
49 cm (width)
64.5 cm (width)
Production time
Production place

Description

Chair, with cabriole front legs and heavily raked back legs, terminating in square hoofed feet; rectangular back with rounded corners, covered in green velvet. Fixed top covers of dark green silk velvet, trimmed with dark silk braid. Remains of green silk scarf at top of chair-back, fixed under the braid but over the cord. The seat foundation has a 4-chevron webbing, and a striped plain-weave base cloth (the warp-stripes running from side to side) Chair, walnut and parcel-gilt, with green velvet cover trimmed with silk braid, attributed to the Roberts family, Britain, ca. 1720