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A VARIANT OF THIS DESIGN WAS ALSO USED AT BLACKMOOR HOUSE, HOME TO SIR ROUNDEL PALMER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE TIME AND FOR THE FIRST EARL OF SELBOURNE.
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A SET OF EIGHT VICTORIAN OAK SIDE CHAIRS, DESIGNED BY ALFRED WATERHOUSE, MANUFACTURED BY JAMES CAPEL FOR BLACKMOOR HOUSE, C.1870
EACH SCROLLED BACK UPRIGHT WITH DIAPER LOWER BACK RAIL, TURNED FRONT LEGS AND SQUARE SECTION BACK LEGS UPHOLSTERED IN BURGUNDY PLUSH, BORDERED WITH MAROON LEATHER WITH GOLD TRIM 'STUDDED' WITH BRASS PINS (2)
EACH SCROLLED BACK UPRIGHT WITH DIAPER LOWER BACK RAIL, TURNED FRONT LEGS AND SQUARE SECTION BACK LEGS UPHOLSTERED IN BURGUNDY PLUSH, BORDERED WITH MAROON LEATHER WITH GOLD TRIM 'STUDDED' WITH BRASS PINS (2)
Provenance
THE EARLS OF SELBOURNE
Literature
CF: JEREMY COOPER, VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN FURNITURE AND INTERIORS, HONG KONG, 1987, PP. 106-7 (CHAIR FROM MANCHESTER TOWN HALL ILLUSTRATED)
SEE ALSO, JILL LEVER (ED) ARCHITECTS' DESIGNS FOR FURNITURE, LONDON, 1982, PP.83-84
SEE ALSO, JILL LEVER (ED) ARCHITECTS' DESIGNS FOR FURNITURE, LONDON, 1982, PP.83-84