Mahogany chair with rectangular top rail and red leather seat

Key details

Object number: 3.4522.g
Date: 1770 to 1790
On display: No

Description

A mahogany chair with rectangular top rail, slightly concave, and with splat formed of three columns in stylised and narrow vase shape, the central one also pierced. With seat covered in brown leather. On square tapering legs joined by H-shaped stretchers.

This is one of eight chairs said to have been used by Robert while living at Ellisland Farm, from 1788 to 1791.

Object information

Material

Mahogany
Leather

Measurements

Depth: 47.8(cm)
Height: 89.5(cm)
Width: 53(cm)

Themes

Burns The Man

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