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Four side chairs

Ref: 1851
  • Designer

    Designed by A.W.N. Pugin (181-52)

  • Detail

    Oak, the cloth upholstery of later date

    88.5 x 49 x 49 cm

    English (probably London), mid-nineteenth century

  • Provenance

    […]; Fine Art Society; private collection

  • Notes

    Known as the ‘House of Lords’ model, this chair has been extensively published.  According to A Report by the Victoria & Albert Museum Concerning the Furniture in the House of Lords, London: HMSO, 1974: ‘The basic Lords chair, Plate 1, was made by both Gillows and Hollands; many examples survive stamped by one or other of these firms.  Chairs of identical design were supplied by both firms to several private houses for which Pugin was architect…’ (p. 13).

    The present chairs are unmarked.