10 10 191 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/61bde60a9ac3ef6d5d71bcb3f3a1a608.jpg c446a75ff36008aa1ba11215b6ef2953 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/eac9012ab31a2759b2f78ec643aaa5e1.jpg 380c1f83c7957b0d10f7acc02c0d1313 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/eb218404e7c828ff754cd8ac37bed87b.jpg 9778c52439c2ecbdf7cb102b3e62f84a https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/febb2b6154071d44a1e5cad572d18d2e.jpg e83b032644b97978b69a2b206bf0187d https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/64adb875f007248c7d3b58f827ae73f2.jpg 861a33a00b77c856aac21fe212e34a0b https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9fc5cfd28e3d7a08e4121293b4f4396d.jpg 70c3db66a1ac99ffc6246a8a64ccf286 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This gilded bergère or tub chair has a beech frame with a continuous curved back and arms, the arms down-swept and ending in scrolls where they meet down-swept arm supports. The top rail is carved with husk festoons and a central knot. The foliate-carved arm supports join blocks with carved paterae at the tops of the front legs. The front seat rail is bowed and fluted. The chair is raised on turned baluster legs that are part-fluted with ring-turning at the tops. The back legs are raked. The chair was gilded and has later been painted with black paint. There are traces of what could be the original upholstery on the arm pads and in the base cloth; the cover and deep squab cushion are 20th century. This bergère chair is derived from French prototypes of the early 18th century, which typically had a sloping back and long seat, designed for comfort. Thomas Chippendale (1718-79) adapted the bergère form to produce a more upright armchair with a continuous curved back and arms; he supplied a pair to the actor David Garrick for his house in Royal Adelphi Terrace, London in c.1772, which are now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A W.41:1, 2-1977). Although this chair is high quality and similar in many respects to the Chippendale chairs mentioned above, it is unlikely to be by him; in almost all of his chairs the arm supports join the seat rail at the sides of the chair rather than meeting the tops of the legs – one exception is the set of four mahogany bergères he made in 1776 for the dining room at Paxton House, Berwickshire, where the arm supports run continuously into the front legs (Jones, 2018). There are ‘cramp cuts’ on the inside of the seat rail, used for cramping the joints between the seat rails and legs during assembly; these are often found on round-seated chairs by Thomas Chippendale, but not exclusively; other furniture makers used the same method. Condition All feet have been tipped. Remains of original gilding. Later black paint in places. Some of the upholstery is early, underneath the modern kapok stuffing and top cover. The webbing under the seat appears to be 19th century. Materials Beech Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 79 D. 76 Parker Numbers OM 1608, 2296. See Frederick Parker archive, Box 55, FPA050. Page 31. 2296 is probably the pattern no. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons pre 1914 from Lang of Chichester for £6.0.0. Notes Victoria & Albert Museum, W.41:1, 2-1977. <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8402/chair-chippendale-haig-and/">Chair | V&A Explore The Collections</a> See also: C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 98, fig. 160. D. Jones, The Paxton Style: ‘Neat and Substantially Good’, Berwick upon Tweed, 2018, pp. 82-83, no. 21. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF222 Title A name given to the resource Upholstered bergère tub armchair. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1770-1780 Description An account of the resource Upholstered bergère tub armchair, gilded. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5713ed991d6611b382e487ef62198def.jpg ae35a2f3e34d1618e0d0ad8e64ea1551 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/cb4f54d95207c0dc5fdbc7d005898be7.jpg 409c09aa8e231a0be2166836d37dc40b https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e9eb68d65ac5e0b0402c4d26f86fb724.jpg 7908d6ddbd561522332d005aeed5b316 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/4d5ec29ecf3dbd354034b598bca2fb75.jpg d08d59081e516cd1ebe8e38c0c2d969f https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a653896c51b857ea50dce6ab20b31c35.jpg 75868b18987d53ad02e9305d55403cc3 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This painted and partially gilt armchair has an oval back with openwork carving in the form of an anthemion. Out-scrolled arms with flower-head paterae carved on the arm terminals join down-swept supports. A shaped stuff-over seat with tapering sides and a serpentine front is covered and close-nailed with a modern flowered print. The chair is painted and decorated with pendants of husks and berries. It is raised on cabriole legs at the front with fan motifs painted at the top of the legs and terminate in rounded feet; the back legs are square-sectioned and flared. The upholstery includes the original base cloth and webbing, and a sample of the previous cover is tacked to the webbing. This chair retains its original painted finish of orange and white on a black ground, which reflects the colours of decorated ‘Etruscan’ vases such as those in Sir William Hamilton’s collection, published between 1767-76, in d’Hancarville’s Collection Of Etruscan, Greek And Roman Antiquities From The Cabinet Of The Honble. Wm. Hamilton. Hepplewhite wrote in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide that: ‘for chairs, a new and very elegant fashion has arisen within these few years, of finishing them with painted or japanned work, which gives a rich and splendid appearance to the minuter parts of the ornaments… and by assorting the prevailing colour to the furniture and light of the room, affords opportunity, by the grounds which may be introduced, to make the whole accord in harmony, with a pleasing and striking effect to the eye’ (Hepplewhite, 1788). A set of six satinwood armchairs with a similar anthemion back was supplied by John Linnell (1729-96) to Nathanial Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale, at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, c. 1775-80 (Hayward, Kirkham, 1980). A pattern for a chair with an oval back carved with a pierced anthemion and a serpentine front seat-rail is in the Gillows’ Workmen’s Price Agreement of 1785, and a similar chair in the Estimate Sketch Books in March 1785 was priced at £11s 8d. The Gillows’ Waste Book describes such chairs supplied in the same period to a John Shaw for export on the ship Barbara as: ‘Honeysuckle pierced ball’ [ie, baluster] (Stuart, 2008). For comparable chairs with anthemion backs in the Frederick Parker Collection see FPF242 and 376. Condition The chair is in good original condition, with original paint decoration. The webbing and base cloth is original, the cover modern. Materials Beech. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 94 W. 61 D. 58 Marks Stamped under front seat-rail ‘TW’. Parker Numbers OM 739, pattern no. 2118. See: Box 55. FPA050. Page 14. 1950. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons, in stock 1915, valued at £7.10.0 Notes A. Hepplewhite & Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, 1778, p. 2 H. Hayward, P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell: Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, London, 1980, vol. II, p. 48, fig. 95; vol. I, p. 113 S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, vol. I, p. 135, fig. 1B, no. 17; p. 176; p. 175, Plate 138. For similar chairs see also: <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1139574.1">Armchair 1139574.1 | National Trust collections</a> M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 134, fig. P/10. A pair of chairs sold by Christie’s at Ven House, Somerset on 22 June 1999, lot 1050. A set of chairs sold by Thomas Roddick Auctioneers, on 19 October 2000. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF226 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech armchair with oval anthemion back. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-1800 Description An account of the resource Painted beech armchair with oval anthemion back and upholstered seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/6094851a195b1124ff94e6bca70e6668.jpg de47c81c1adf75f18cee63992fefa51e https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/6cc89c47f2b55e6ad898684ee7128be8.jpg 4c7ad04d909838960cc8b985545d490c https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9b4e644d4a2691df9978eca25f839c72.jpg 504d60c1233b390bd07a29a38c45e356 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/09bd90488a46047e869b22b0896559bb.jpg 4c286d09a8ec0aeec337a6b90ffbe159 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/782fcd8f9c2579f5ee266b32124f6138.jpg 23d17bf7e8e7e3c34fc199a9c90bc4d4 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/31f96a4341e444d2e9dc39cae45d80e4.jpg d0db1dd9743a8b24de223b6232315587 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This beech armchair has an oval back formed as three concentric ovals; the inner oval has a painted classical urn, and is enclosed by the second oval formed of radiating bars; the outer oval frame has a moulded frame and is supported by eight radiating foliate carved bars. The sides of the back frame are continuous with the back legs. The short, curved arms meet curved arm supports which terminate in scrolls where they join the seat rail. The stuff-over seat is tapered at the sides and straight across the front. The chair is raised on tapering square legs at the front, and the back legs are slightly raked. The chair has been re-painted with an ivory base and green bellflower pendants, while the back has parcel-gilt on the radiating bars and blue swags around the central oval. The upholstery is also replaced. This is a good quality chair, with a complex back, but the repainting is poor and completely obscures the original decorative scheme. Painted beech chairs were popular in the late 18th and early 19th century; they could be decorated in colours to complement upholstery, hangings, carpets and painted decoration in drawing rooms and boudoirs, which tended to be brighter and lighter than in earlier periods, although darker schemes remained popular for dining rooms and libraries. In 1768, the breakfasting closet at Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire, was described as having: ‘window shutters, the doors and the front of the drawers [let into the wall] all painted in scrolls and festoons of flowers in green, white and gold; the sofa, chairs and stool frames of the same’ (Country Life, 1927). In another example, a painted settee from Kyre Park, Worcestershire, c. 1768, is painted with mythological ovals after the artist, Angelica Kauffmann (ibid.). Chair frames with more limited space for such decoration had small panels of flowers, festoons and trophies applied to the splat or crest rail. One of the most important sets of painted seat-furniture is that designed in 1776 by the architect-designer, Robert Adam (1728-92) for the Etruscan Room, Osterley House, Middlesex (Tomlin, 1972). A comparable chair to this one (FPF241) is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (W.52-1946; Tomlin, 1972). Condition The chair is re-painted and the upholstery is modern. Front right leg part restored Materials Beech. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 99 W. 56 D. 56 Parker Numbers OM 1683. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons on 6th June 1912 from Thornton Smith for £7.10.0. Notes ‘Painted Furniture of the Late 18th Century’, Country Life, 5 November 1927, p. x, p. xliv, fig. 7. M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1972, cat. no. J/1, pp. 78-79; P/13, p. 136. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF241 Title A name given to the resource Painted and gilded oval back armchair. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-1800 Description An account of the resource Painted and gilded oval back armchair with upholstered seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/814acf2336ad37d1dc142db567d23bc0.jpg 51968324f9728cc09f650d666f24d540 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/cdf35b2b73b199ecec88429e50cfc562.jpg 8407cae85b6a8319b7efc8768bd9c086 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/c5e13fdb43a01c38f11365cbc6eeb805.jpg 34f490f0894e1977c2acf27db91b4f51 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/539ce7d334e0fe83a76b0eb40ee3443b.jpg 01b92e61e8dc5e1862a229cf2e1ed668 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a8fc1a2bdca6de43b85b57fbe6d689ac.jpg df5e57dc231ff3bba867a95259230f25 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f5d55e283e68494f3c30b4dd6eb6d32b.jpg fe97554f62f6c01753334ed99d3ac30f Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description The oval back on this mahogany side chair is wave-moulded and the centre is elegantly carved in the form of an anthemion, or honeysuckle, which fills the frame. The stuff-over seat has curved sides and a serpentine front and is raised on square, tapered and fluted front legs, each flute ending with a distinctive circle motif. The back legs are flared. The upholstery is 20th century. The anthemion was a popular motif in the neo-classical style, inspired by Ancient Greek designs and used extensively in plasterwork, joinery and furniture in the late 18th century. The chair was bought by Frederick Parker & Sons as one of a pair and would probably have been part of a set of dining chairs. See FPF226, an oval-backed armchair of similar design with original japanning. An interesting comparison can be made between this chair and FPF376, a chair probably made by Parkers in the early 20th century, which is lighter, smaller and less substantial than this. Condition Refinished at the back. Seat rails all original. 20th century upholstery. Materials Mahogany. Beech seat rails. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 94 W. 56 D. 58 Parker Numbers 4587 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons as a pair from Waring & Gillow in October 1918 for £22.0.0 Notes A very similar set of 10 (8+2) dining chairs but with drop-in seats and stretchers was sold by the Annesley family, Shimna House, Newcastle, Co. Down, see Antiques Trade Gazette, 24 March 2007. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF242 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany side chair with oval anthemion back and upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-1800. Description An account of the resource Mahogany side chair with oval back of carved anthemion form, upholstered seat and square tapered legs with block feet. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/8978c2f38c04b4125eeb6b2634d72645.jpg 7f89509e811337adf92b18d96cc16fb1 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/816835585c4f762a60653b191a2ff555.jpg e2cdcb7556ecb07a680cad0599e28597 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/b81805fb3ffe844135f6d515edb9e685.jpg 00bc8e15c9dcc562004ae1443b63a791 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/33ab49e82f7ff19f95231d6770790f69.jpg 5e30cfaebb0028240e79a7dd8ece9896 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/25428ec4a67d1587976544290bdf288b.jpg 9e9dbb75f577c7920cb81fbfa3c65213 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/4c9192037bc8143bebbac78f7312777a.jpg 4ee75536a51c26c31897c994a616c4ee Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany side chair has a serpentine crest rail with tapering upright posts, channel moulded on the front face, and a pierced vase-shaped splat, moulded and carved with scroll and leaf-work. A stuff-over seat with a serpentine front is covered in a 20th century cream and light blue striped material; the seat rails are ash. The chair is raised on tapering square-section and chamfered legs joined by H-form stretchers and a higher back stretcher. The back legs are flared. This chair is probably by a provincial maker; the use of ash for the seat rails is indicative of a provincial rather than London practice, where beech was the commonly used wood for seat rails. Also, the chair is relatively plain and the workmanship is not of the standard typically found in furniture by London makers. The design of the back may have been influenced by those featured in George Hepplewhite’s The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, 3rd edition, 1798, specifically plates 2, 4 and 6 (White, 1990). It is also similar to ‘Backs for Parlour Chairs’ in Thomas Sheraton’s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, 1st edition, 1793, plates XXV and XXVIII (ibid). Furniture makers used these pattern books as a guide to fashionable styles but would often simplify the designs to suit their customers’ requirements and to make their chairs more affordable. There is a similar set of six chairs at Dinton, Wiltshire (National Trust). Condition The splat is split in several places, with old repairs. The upholstery is modern. Materials Mahogany. Ash. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 97 W. 53 D. 61 Parker Numbers 887. 2014. Provenance Not recorded but in the collection prior to 1993. Notes National Trust, Dinton. See: <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/261288.1">Dining chair 261288.1 | National Trust collections</a> E. White, ed., Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1990, pp. 86-8, Plates 1, 4 and 6 and 95, Plates XXV and XXVIII. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF243 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany side chair with pierced splat and upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-1800 Description An account of the resource Mahogany side chair with pierced splat and upholstered seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9f1d0be15d934309da5954b7a2feaf3a.jpg 714286788cec6e7381290fbd7d1265ec https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/17db3e84a8cc2cc8d96fb1da913cfdcd.jpg 50b58f767814638e2085fc633d096695 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/83a7bcadac24a83f6d11506c85e03da1.jpg 7f0772a4692bf15f1b428097ca3eda55 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/57ee878d61eb0e12f016ae655dec5983.jpg fce849b21259f0aff72b834be8f572d4 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/82be879602f8bd0fa7be3a2e8282cf0f.jpg 3c96654cc248901a29a1520c6a8e8d30 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This tub armchair has a mahogany frame with a high curved rectangular back and arms enclosing fitted upholstery. The arms are curved out and meet down-swept supports moulded with sunk panels, which join the tops of the front legs. The seat rails are also upholstered and there is a loose, deeply padded cushion. The front legs are square-section and tapering, also moulded with sunk panels, and terminate in spade feet. The back legs are square-section and flared. The upholstery is 20th century with a red-brown leather cover. This form of easy chair is possibly related to sofa designs published by Hepplewhite in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, 1789 and 1794, where he specified that ‘the woodwork of which should be either mahogany or japanned’ and the recommended covering was ‘red morocco leather’ (White, 1990). Condition Repaired 21st June 1921 for £4.15.0. The back legs are tipped. There is a patch on the left-hand arm rest. Materials Mahogany. Beech. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 99 W. 66 D. 74 Parker Numbers 865. 2289. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons pre 1914 from Thornton Smith for £3.0.0. Notes E. White, ed., Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1990, p.116-7, Plates 25 and 21. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF264 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany upholstered tub armchair. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-1800 Description An account of the resource Mahogany upholstered tub armchair. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/cee0fa44d984a2bd7d2bc1cf7382f70f.jpg eb94737fb3c14955f8d0c3094f048cc9 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/0223255e2e87ac2cd01745dde87ef720.jpg ffc42a918cecd64e2e8ce84de6536ff1 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/ea4eee67c73cb72cd05831c21782815a.jpg 9c3b89bdb95a265456dc991ec4cc0df3 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/0db34467aa3a96e7623a8bd72474b0a6.jpg 1ecc2b6ef729da696b8174f72f54b573 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/79adf2cb134731b362479b144fad99bb.jpg c58ba94311d6f73f13a1ed7ca0fb5cd2 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This bergère armchair has a beech frame which is fully upholstered, and unusually it retains its original 18th century upholstery, apart from the top cover. The chair has a rounded and arched back, with the upholstery stitched into vertical rolls, extending on both sides above the arms. The upholstered arms are out-scrolled and down-swept at the front. The bow-front seat rail is upholstered and there is a squab cushion, which is also original. The chair would have had a loose cover originally; there are remnants of chintz from an earlier cover. The chair is raised on tapering, square-section mahogany legs, straight at the front and flared at the back, and all are fitted with brass castors. This tub chair is an English interpretation of French 18th century bergère chairs, for example, a bergère ‘de forme gondole’ (illustrated in Kjellberg, 2002). The bergère chair with its sloping back and long seat was an easy chair, designed for comfort. Possibly because bergère chairs were made in pairs or a maximum of four, and as part of a larger suite of seat-furniture, few British 18th century examples survive today. Cabinet- and chair-makers like William Ince (d. 1804) and John Mayhew (1736-1811) included ‘Burjairs’ in The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762. ‘Barjair’ or ‘Berjair’ chairs were included in some of Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) large suites of seat-furniture; at Harewood House, Yorkshire, Chippendale’s most prestigious and valuable commission, a pair of bergères was supplied for the Yellow Damask Sitting Room in 1775; and between 1775 and 1778, Chippendale supplied a further pair of bergères for the New Grand Drawing Room at Burton Constable, Yorkshire (Gilbert, 1978). These two examples had high curved backs and steeply sloping arms, a form described as a bergère en cabriolet and à oreilles. Another pair of bergères, ‘japanned’ green and white, was commissioned by the actor-manager David Garrick for his house in Royal Adelphi Terrace, London (Victoria & Albert Museum), and yet another set of four in mahogany was made in 1776 for the dining room at Paxton House, Berwickshire, for Ninian Home (Jones, 2018). This chair provides a good and rare example of late 18th century upholstery techniques. The exposed frame shows the use of spalted beech, i.e. wood damaged by a fungal disease, and therefore cheaper but no less strong, and acceptable for use where it would not be seen. Condition Original upholstery, cover missing. Original lacquer on castors. Materials Mahogany. Beech. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 94 W. 79 D. 79 Parker Numbers 5996. 4937. PK523. This chair was reproduced by Frederick Parker & Sons as stock model PK 523 in 1939, as well as being copied earlier. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons in early 1921 for £5. Notes P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais de XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 2002, p. 105, B. Ince and Mayhew, The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, plate LX. C. Gilbert, The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 99, figs. 163, 161. <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O8402/chair-chippendale-haig-and/">Chair | V&A Explore The Collections</a> D. Jones, The Paxton Style: ‘Neat and Substantially Good’, Berwick upon Tweed, 2018, pp. 82-83, no. 21. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF265 Title A name given to the resource Upholstered bergère tub armchair. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-1800 Description An account of the resource Bergère tub armchair with original upholstery. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5e3f7cfedee6c8aca918d68ec43d1b0c.jpg 5c9396506cbadeac547863f31eabd80b https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/3eb3b577aa859ef3596cbd39d5264089.jpg b3189ccd8c1e6e675acd1e81515b6157 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/085248cf344164bd43ecf716d9658052.jpg 53b89bf09c9c69a854ee942c11921897 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/31a80b5b2711c821e468be48c6fff568.jpg becbb5e5b5bb8dd60b21d543e0fa335f https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9d2e62c7e3619abe8e45e13416217130.jpg e65eb3cdf0e3f54da835a5ba451ddff5 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e43b0365a2154d63fa46aab067510782.jpg e67a8f19cd2f1dcb891c79aacc65453a Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany armchair has a raised channel-moulded crest rail carved with flowers and foliage, and channel-moulded upright posts joined by a lower rail just above the seat. The splat is formed of three vertical splats, the outer pair joined across the top to form rectangular frame; the centre splat is shaped and carved into an elongated vase carved with fluting. The curved arms meet down-swept channel-moulded supports which are fixed to the seat rails. The tapering stuff-over seat is covered in a modern dark green leather and close-nailed. The front legs are square-section and tapering, with channel-moulded panels and spade feet; the back legs are plain, tapering and flared. This chair demonstrates the influence of published furniture designs which proliferated in the second half of the 18th century, particularly in the 1790s. The back is possibly inspired by Thomas Sheraton patterns published in his Cabinet-Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, 1791-94 (Edwards, 1945). A very similar chair features in George Hepplewhite's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788-94, which also shows an elongated vase splat. It is possible that Hepplewhite copied this design from Sheraton (Tomlin, 1972). Condition The arms are replaced. The upholstery is 20th century; there are fragments of an earlier black cover under the tacks. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 56 D. 53 Parker Numbers 886. 143. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons pre-1911, valued at £2.0.0 Notes R. Edwards, Sheraton Furniture Designs from the Cabinet-Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book 1791-94, London, 1945, p. 41 (top left), p. 43 (bottom right). A. Hepplewhite and Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, Repository of designs for every article of household furniture . 3rd ed., 1794, plate 1. Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1972, p. 144, Q/9. A chair of comparable design is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, W.70-1937. <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372313/chair-unknown/">Chair | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF270 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany armchair with carved splat back and upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790-1800 Description An account of the resource Mahogany armchair with carved vase-shaped splat and upholstered seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/4e087631f27e4c96bbd9e4bd8fdc7187.jpg a7d39ff815840eb1e87df96325ff9063 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/75fd519be10936d9f4b9bb7bee356213.jpg 14efca42839b152777957dbb7291f25b https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/fef3daa51cf48997ddef83f3227b0cbc.jpg 6de7859322d43c80980e5e94e5368b87 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/132d84b8c63c4de7edcd0fce305fa7af.jpg dec953dd4c415ad44c753883aa038ce3 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/cc9beabe6ef53642b51f8b6ce055901d.jpg 3270a2aba7b5995a525c237ab8003988 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/4f13e1bdd89e4059a189d5af5d226f18.jpg e927d45c551178dc4780555b7af687b5 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/31fd2e7a6cec4ecead74986e1a66c31f.jpg 1858c9bcbb513423adcccf131a5305a0 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This child’s high chair is made of ash turned to simulate bamboo. The back posts are joined by two double rails each with two turned balls, and a single rail below. The back legs are continuous with the posts. The seat is a narrow oval frame with a caned centre. All four legs are splayed with flared toes; the legs are joined by turned stretchers, pairs at the sides and singles to the front and back. The chair is stained and grained to give the appearance of rosewood. This form of high-chair was designed in c.1810 by Sir Astley Cooper of Cambridge (1768-1841), a notable physician, both to allow a child to sit at a dining table and to encourage good posture. Such chairs were sometimes referred to as deportment or correction chairs because they could be used to force a child to sit still or risk falling off. In this case the chair is too finely made and detailed for punishment to have been the primary purpose. It was probably intended for use in a dining room alongside other rosewood chairs and furniture. A painting by W.P. Frith, Many Happy Returns of the Day, dated 1856, shows a well-to-do, middle-class family celebrating a child’s birthday at a dining table, and two of the children are seated on high-chairs similar to this, although a little later in date. Condition One stretcher has been replaced. The front stretcher is very worn from being used as a footrest. The seat has been re-caned. Materials Ash. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 96 W. 30 D. 28 Parker Numbers 4160 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons on 26 March 1918 from Young for 10 shillings. Notes The oil painting by William Powell Frith (1819-1909), Many Happy Returns of the Day, 1856, Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, is illustrated and described in Home and Garden, Paintings and Drawing of English, middle-class, urban domestic spaces, Geffrye Museum, 2003, p. 164. There is a similar chair in the V&A, also faux bamboo, c. 1835, accession number W.80-1929 See: <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O98698/chair-unknown/">Chair | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF272 Title A name given to the resource Child’s high chair, ash turned to simulate bamboo with caned seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1830-1850. Description An account of the resource A child’s high chair, ash turned to simulate bamboo, with a caned seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a276a641f02c97ad9cdceeaab0362043.jpg a4ba5fc32c41da799bea51bb78f8df80 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/becc21cbbf4acdc50a92e35b250656c3.jpg aed625ecb3b5124bc7c57c2185ec6f58 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Full Description This mahogany chair back has a tablet crest rail inlaid with satinwood panels bordered by ebonised stringing. The splat is formed of three pairs of back-to-back carved C-scrolls with central paterae and rosettes at the tips, with three vertical wheatear-styled shafts between them. There is a lower cross rail which is also inlaid to match the tablet above. The posts are tapering and moulded, continuous with the square-section flared back legs. There are slots for arms and seat rails. This chair back is modelled after a design by George Hepplewhite (c. 1727-86), published posthumously in A. Hepplewhite & Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, third edition 1794, Plates 12 and 13. The accompanying text in the 1794 edition states: ‘… designs for chair backs, proper to be executed in mahogany or japan; some of them applicable to the more elegant kind of chairs with backs and seats of red or blue morocco leather…’. These Hepplewhite designs were new to the third edition of The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide and were a response to the fashionable taste of the period influenced by the Louis XVI style in France; the chair backs and seats were typically squarer in shape (Joy, 1994). Condition Good condition with early patina. Materials Mahogany. Satinwood. Ebony or ebonised stringing. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 83 W. 43 D. 5 Parker Numbers 6232 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons from Heals in 1929 for £3 6s. Notes Ed. E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, reprinted 1994, pp. 54-55 and p. 91, Plates 12 and 13. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FPF274 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany chair back with scrolled splat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790-1800 Description An account of the resource Mahogany chair back with tablet crest rail and scrolled splat.