12 10 191 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/147e9025f0383bfc705d1b0d349d86b8.jpg d6994a9e17b818c43cb2f8e2286e0710 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1e4d69aa2b38c77d7c8ab43b36d06b07.jpg a6ebef340d25a4d98375b010a8da2a6e https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1359d967d92491c53330625c7c35872c.jpg e85544b1f89af6dc39a809a0163faa32 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e19f7066a029bdb70d24f11121e0f441.jpg 8aba48ed44e83e2c169cc9af79b8c5ab https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/65801e43559e2b6a5b6b1e70483c66b4.jpg e5e6504834f3e3057499f1de83fbcb3f https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/2cc9884ea0455571a19d7280bef94059.jpg 5e460442f97d9e9f1571070ff22ad779 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f84250eadcdccc0583053f65613eb9ff.jpg 61931c275bf8bb35f6ae95f54b51b8a7 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d43cf5957b661bb14865980e554eb081.jpg d4187f20f1b5b2a901a3fd53ae1109b3 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/49699d731e28552580e32b6a425d853c.jpg df3c9dbbd10f1d923a29a13737b832ad https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/910962e94c365f61360ed89691ad57df.jpg 41218210964aee359fa869bc58f0e2ac https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f65076085acce0de2d7d7eeeee2f64b5.jpg b882ab1bcf8dc8a3fc436ab697194eb0 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/37f314fd97c8b85c81055ddda224ece3.jpg d1b15418f0d641913e4e474a35102d17 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 curved and scrolled back on this beech armchair has a panel of three splats of close-set vertical bars of rectangular section, above a lower turned rail. The arms are boldly scrolled, as are the supports. The caned seat has bowed rails, and the front legs are turned to simulate bamboo, curving outwards at the bottom, to match the flared rear legs. This chair is typical of the kind that Thomas Sheraton made popular with his Cabinet Dictionary of 1803. Beneath the later paint and gilding is evidence of original good quality gilding on a gesso surface. It is likely the chair was originally entirely gilded with black line decoration. The chair is stamped twice with the initials ‘JS’ under the front rail, probably the initials of the journeyman or maker. A number of painted and gilded chairs of this period are recorded with the same initials, including one linked to John Gee of Soho, the royal chairmaker (BIFMO). Condition Later finish is chipped and damaged. The seat has been re-caned. A squab cushion made in the late 19th or early 20th century was with the chair in 1993 but is now missing. Materials Beech. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 79 W. 56 D. 58 Marks Stamped ‘JS’ twice under the front rail. Parker Numbers 6107. 4329. Provenance In the Frederick Parker Collection pre-1954. Notes See Thomas Sheraton, Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, pl.3. For details on John Gee see: <a href="https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/gee-john-1779-1824">Gee, John; Gee & Sons; Gee, Thomas Ayliffe; Ayliffe & Gee (1779–1824) | BIFMO</a> See also FPF316 for a similar chair. The same arm shape, combined with Greek key decoration on a gilded and painted chair is illustrated in M. Harris & Sons – The English Chair, 1937, pl. 88B. 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 FPF299 Title A name given to the resource Painted and gilded beech armchair with bar back, scrolled arms and caned seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1800-1820 Description An account of the resource Painted and gilded beech armchair with curved and scrolled bar back, scrolled arms and supports, caned seat and turned front legs. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/c0c1c10d2ae844e61d48be4c63f95c15.jpg 38a1b29eab62e4d64a76a39bf2ea13e8 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/ce6d06c808c1052c98d4c40f36b5e790.jpg 282a0d672b13faa9d7d8f3d2b760e639 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/0489db48917b618c5c2afbcc1cdb6b9b.jpg 11dcb5f0ad811fca36986be8c887b606 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f8e619db584b8c0442c70fcfe29cc281.jpg 7d4eb1a7b3c676766c71963b9a7a784d https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/da2c34662d865933ec64463e7014f91d.jpg c66d6e8bf307e2ee6c212d872dd58dcc 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 elm side chair has a rectangular back with a crest rail inlaid with bog oak stringing. There is a reeded diamond lattice splat with bog oak-inlaid lozenges at the joints of the crossed bars. Square-section back posts rise above the crest rail and are continuous with the back legs, but are narrowed from just above the seat. The back legs are tapered and flared. The drop-in seat frame is pine with a rush seat which is probably original. The chair is raised on square-section front legs which are tapered on both inside faces. The legs are joined by a square-section H-form stretcher with an additional higher stretcher between the back legs. This chair is East Anglian, an attribution based on its overall construction and details, which were often influenced by Thomas Sheraton’s designs (Cotton, 1990). According to Cotton, the back design is after Thomas Hope, see his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807). A photograph in the Cotton Archive at the Museum of the Home, London, shows a settle from East Anglia with three similar cross-splats in the back. The same motif was used by Stephen Hazel of Oxford for chairs he supplied to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, which are still there and in daily use (ibid.). Elm was the most commonly used wood in East Anglian chairs, and the black inlay is likely to be bog oak, which was readily available in Norfolk. For a mahogany chair with a diagonal splat see FPF307. Condition Front left leg joints loose. Seat corner blocks missing in back right corner and loose in front right. Losses to bottom of back right leg due to old woodworm activity. Rush-work is probably original. Materials Elm. Pine. Bog oak. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 46 D. 48 Marks Chisel marks ‘I’ on back seat rail and ‘III’ on corner of seat frame. Parker Numbers OM 6261. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons in July 1930 from Foreman. Notes B.D. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, Woodbridge, 1990, pp. 212-231; for a chair with comparable features see p. 231, Fig EA54; for the Hazel chair see p.91, Fig. TV211. 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 FPF304 Title A name given to the resource Elm side chair with rush seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1800-1840 Description An account of the resource Elm side chair with rush drop-in seat, East Anglian. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/6ff68b6a8629349faa41d28ee480fe53.jpg 9b83477895412b671b6824c8ff694963 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/dea8160d26e6c402d34e164c4d2c9df0.jpg 1b049e858dda9b79cf0bc9b6be89a8ce https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/05206ba209c0a04be61dcc22b5f73b82.jpg 2197dcf7d789e2f83d17c57a3dc6bb8c https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/13e878d8d8cb31d34ffc4a791a9b3fdc.jpg 80d5c353236b72cae70de083c6afcb1d https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/ed391bf83f09a0cffd12e918ecf9c571.jpg e8351ffbec6e835dcf797ac7618c94fd 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 gadroon-carved crest rail with a raised scrolled tablet in the centre. The back has a square splat with diagonally crossed bars set between horizontal rails; the diagonals are terminated in each corner and at the centre with carved lotus-flowers. A narrow panel of canework surrounds the splat. The tapering back posts are continuous with tapering and square-section flared back legs. The seat rails are plain and support a caned seat which probably had a squab cushion, now missing. The front legs are squared and carved at the tops and ring-turned and reeded below, terminating in ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is the French term for a spinning top). This chair with its crossed bars is related to French Empire-style seat-furniture with artistic references to Ancient Rome and Egypt. Chairs with similar crossed splats are featured in plate 10 in The London Chair-Makers’ and Carvers’ Book of Prices for Workmanship, 1807-11 (see Gilbert, 1982). Most of the designs for the plainer seat-furniture were from the close of the 18th century, and not in the latest fashion (Fastnedge, 1965). Condition All four legs have been re-tipped. The caning in the seat is not original; it has been wrapped over an added rail at the back of the seat indicating this is a later repair. The left seat rail has been repaired. Caning in the back is probably original, although damaged. Materials Mahogany. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 86 W. 51 D. 56 Parker Numbers OM 6272. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, Ms. FPA050, page 227. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons on 27th October 1930 for £3.11.6. Notes C. Gilbert, ‘Part II, London and Provincial Books of Prices: Comment and Bibliography’, Furniture History, 1982, vol. 18, pp. 11-21. R. Fastnedge, ‘A Manual for Georgian Chair-Makers’, Country Life, 10 June 1965, pp. 1440-1443. 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 FPF307 Title A name given to the resource Mahogany side chair with a crossed splat and caned seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1800-1820 Description An account of the resource Mahogany side chair with a crossed splat, part caned, and with a caned seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/189c6e1032b3ec4fe4fd0212aa987fd1.jpg 2e8a8f354da1c6c212d0503743c0b938 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e31fdf216159f8ec728f27019030b452.jpg 4cc2dc52e4c812f6016753686a5e79be https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/801011c1ee9e51ced04b6280f43975c0.jpg 662f5bb5b3fb2aded330e68b9b1c6ff0 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/65a3222591274e6a4a07d61fd2ddc00a.jpg a5886607a1fb72643eb173a14e031a94 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a867ba67af80e8822484427b9128b5ac.jpg c051620bf2e99b1994457bb01cb778bb 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 frame of this beech side chair is turned and painted yellow to simulate bamboo. The back has posts continuous with the back legs, with turned tops, and four horizontal rails, the top two spaced apart and joined by seven turned vertical spindles. The rush seat, probably original, is woven around the seat rails, which have exposed corner blocks, and the edges are protected with slips of beech. The chair is raised on tapering and turned legs joined by turned double stretchers, the front stretchers simulating bamboo and the others plain. Simulated, or faux bamboo in furniture became fashionable in the late 18th century as part of a revived interest in Chinese decorative arts. In Thomas Sheraton’s The Cabinet Dictionary (1803), ‘bambo’ or ‘bamboo’ was described as: ‘a kind of Indian reed, which in the East is used for chairs. They are in some degree imitated in England by turning beech into the same form, and making chairs of this fashion, painting them to match the colour of the reeds and cane’. A set of painted bamboo chairs supplied in the 1780s or 1790s as part of a bedroom suite for David Garrick’s villa at Hampton, Middlesex are now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, W.25-1917. Similarly, ‘36 Bamboo chairs japaned [sic]; the backs and seats caned £71’ were supplied by the Royal furniture-makers, Tatham and Bailey, to the Royal Pavilion, Brighton (Royal Collection, RCIN 655). It is evident that faux bamboo chairs were being made from at least the early 1780s: a painted chair for Mrs Banks of Winstanley illustrated in the Gillow’s Estimate Sketch Book in February 1784, was described in the index as a ‘bamboo’ chair, and on their despatch in March 1784 as: ‘… 8 neat bamboo chairs painted with black ground & yellow flutes & c. also rush bottoms @ 16s’ (Stuart, 2010). In 1797, an American maker, William Challen, advertised: ‘Fancy chair maker from London… makes all sorts of dyed, japanned and bamboo chairs, settees, etc., every article in the fancy chair line executed in the newest and most improved London patterns’ (Jourdain, 1946). Simulated bamboo chairs remained popular into the 1850s, as evidenced by a chair attributed to William Smee & Sons, c. 1840 (Boram, 2010). Condition The chair is in good original condition, with much of the original paintwork. Two slips of beech from the seat rail are missing, and the right hand slip is loose. Some damage to the rush-work. Materials Beech. Rush. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 84 W. 46 D. 48 Parker Numbers 4097. 3292. 4097 is probably the OM number, 3292 is probably the pattern number. Provenance Not recorded but in the Collection prior to 1993. Notes Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, W.25-1917. <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O87515/chair-pratt/">Chair | Pratt | V&A Explore The Collections</a> <a href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/2/collection/655/side-chair">Brighton Pavilion chairs: Explore the Royal Collection Online</a> S. Stuart, ‘More about Gillows’ Windsor and Common Chairs’, Regional Furniture, Vol. XXIV, 2010, p. 110, Fig. 23; p. 106, Fig. 19. Jourdain, ‘Bamboo Furniture’, Country Life, 19 July 1946, p. 115. ed. L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, London, 1995, Fig. 258. J. Boram, ‘Makers of ‘Dy’d, Fancy and Japan’d Chairs’, Regional Furniture, Vol. XXIV, 2010, p. 57, Fig. 8; pp. 64-65, Figs. 19, 20; p. 71. See also: J. Boram, ‘A Regional Perspective on the Innovative Development of Light Chairs’, Regional Furniture, Vol. XXVI, 2012, pp. 149-176. 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 FPF313 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech side chair with rush seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1780-1810 Description An account of the resource Painted beech side chair turned to simulate bamboo, with rush seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/7a93c736ac731d57b6dbabd84ec9b20e.jpg d163d43305849fdb77ada7c885538a0c https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/90c8c1d0f02a384b546eb61307702734.jpg 173386819650d89e05624ac0f23fef16 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/59f56316eadf5bd68b345206eeb18e66.jpg 5e0326daa653a92aad4adaf172af400c https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f2089178cf1e4f9beb416201ea717755.jpg f1a6b022da8a16250affcb471970b28d https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/703fb3829bad1b1fc8f1aca53da70a81.jpg 43ec828e0cf52837659e2dbda0768921 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/198a9e7ec31deba238a2b1df32865039.jpg c89fa7f68155f3a62cb629b57b21662f https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f530156bc9548d8784f3015839493486.jpg 9d25111f9f753565a64a10efd4e55bbe https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/3a5e3a6b7c5cb4d31da10b224b6ed159.jpg 41854c4e6f089f76119c0a47a2738295 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/98b6de3b2b1a9d0b24ff835d9fed87a3.jpg f643f90bc20d870cc031241d8859f3a9 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 a scrolled and curved back with a panel of three splats of close-set vertical bars of rectangular profile above a horizontal bar set between turned uprights. The arms are scrolled on turned supports. The legs are turned and tapered and with the other turned parts have turnings to simulate bamboo. The chair is painted, or japanned, black with gilded decoration, including a Greek key motif on the top rail and front seat rail and long leaves at the base of the uprights. This finish is original and is rubbed through to the bare wood on the arms where such wear would be expected. The squared blocks at the base of the uprights and arm supports show the height that the squab cushion was originally intended to be. For a very similar armchair in the Frederick Parker Collection see FPF 299. Condition Two replaced seat rails. A boss is missing from one end of the top rail. The seat has been re-caned. A squab cushion made in the 20th century was with the chair in 1993 but is now missing. Materials Beech. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 86 W. 56 D. 62 Parker Numbers 6107 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons from Alan Walsh, 2 Sept. 1927 for £2.15.0 Notes A black and gilded armchair in the V & A has similar Greek key decoration on the front rail and similar simulated bamboo legs (add ref). See also Ralph Fastnedge, Sheraton Furniture, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1983, pl. 9. 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 FPF316 Title A name given to the resource Japanned beech armchair with bar back, scrolled arms and caned seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1800-1820. Description An account of the resource Japanned and gilded beech armchair with curved and scrolled bar back and scrolled arms, caned seat and turned front legs. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1234d646783ff6d28f78ad56ee064f63.jpg 239acab5a4fc571f32d0d9bd98efd58f https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d410f90871f6f44fe25dcdda2330bfd5.jpg 98a7a1fbdb3b619a7409c9ee9426b925 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/abcf1f19bdb3330218920465a1d0da8a.jpg 946d7423de1362d78b488a863733ba88 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/c33d650a10f195637901aa482120a321.jpg 3232c01089980e03709e46b876f6419d https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/08acac5398a84f054b60620b84881f8b.jpg 4ea9446a5341dc3709a55baac8be6b1f 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 is japanned, with a black ground decorated with gold and red paint. The crest rail has a raised central section and corners shaped and painted as flowers or knots of ribbon (the detail is now worn off); across the top of the rail there is a run of carved and painted twisted cord and drapery swags below. A pierced splat with six vertical bars carved and painted with beads rises from a stepped base and lower rail, with painted decoration, now obscured. The frame, arms, seat rail and legs are painted with gold lining, flowers, leaves and musical trophies. The arms are down-swept ending in scrolls, meeting forward-swept and turned arm supports which rise from the front legs. The caned seat is rectangular and tapers towards the back of the chair. The front legs are ring-turned and turned with ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is French for a spinning top). The back legs are square section, tapering and flared. This armchair includes motifs from antiquity: twisted cord, drapery swags and flared legs, all typical of the later neo-classical style which was especially influenced by the designer/interior decorator Thomas Hope (1769-1831). His residence in Duchess Street, London, refurbished in the Egyptian-revival style, formed the basis for his book Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807). As in this example, some of the furniture of the period was japanned (painted black) to imitate ebony and ornamented with gold painted lining and motifs. Caned chairs were prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with Thomas Sheraton issuing instructions on their maintenance in The Cabinet Dictionary (1803) (Gloag, 1991). Almost always, caned chairs would have been supplied with a squab cushion, generally made to fit closely between the uprights and held in place with ties around the back legs; this accounts for the back rail being set a little way above the seat. Few original squab cushions survive. Condition The chair is in good original condition, with much of the original paintwork intact, but worn. The seat rails have been repaired with wooden slips and the caning is replaced. Materials Beech. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 84 W. 55 D. 54 Parker Numbers OM 38 Provenance Not recorded. Notes J. Gloag, A Complete Dictionary of Furniture, revised and expanded by C. Edwards, Woodstock, 1991, pp. 549, 578-580. 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 FPF317 Title A name given to the resource A japanned armchair with caned seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1790-1810 Description An account of the resource A japanned armchair with red and gold painted decoration and a caned seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/b557020e78f4257d8922562719dcbe9c.jpg 5f3cbdfe80bc97de56ef90b1c53695b7 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/083ed4274dc02c5b9aadedbf499ab9d2.jpg 6501a53aa4983670d014fe5b1f0c89c6 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1571918e5288d5f6f31ff2524448e872.jpg 91bb316208fe033503c49f225cea57d4 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a055bb989e422b5de6f5c82e80f2add0.jpg 6fe74ffe456a28f22ab63d19aa80b7bd https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1ad1cdae04dc3cd9c9bfd1d1306db37d.jpg 3d8a482ef5921c619c2dc44f6675a0af 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 beech tub chair has a tall back, winged sides and shaped seat, all caned. The back and sides are a continuous curve, and the back is supported with a single vertical bar in the centre. The chair is raised on turned tapering legs with ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is French for a spinning top) and the back legs are flared. The legs are joined by diagonal turned cross stretchers. A fully caned armchair is illustrated in Thomas Sheraton’s The Cabinet Dictionary (1803). The revival of caned furniture in the Regency period was remarked on by Sheraton: ‘About 30 years since, it was quite gone out of fashion, partly owing to the imperfect manner in which it was executed. But on the revival of japanning [painted] furniture, it began to be brought gradually into use and a state of improvement… The cane used for the best purposes, is of a fine light straw colour, and this, indeed, makes the most agreeable contrast to almost every colour it is joined with’ (cited in Gloag, 1991). Condition Section of front rail has been replaced. Repairs to the rear of the chair-back – the central strut and lower back rail have been replaced. The cane in the sides is original, the back and seat are re-caned. There is damage to the cane in places. Original paint scheme is no longer present. The chair has been repainted. Materials Beech. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 86 W. 56 D. 56 Parker Numbers OM 146. Old 567. 2134 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons pre 1911 when it was valued at 10 shillings. Notes T. Sheraton, The Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, opposite p. 20, top left. J. Gloag, A Complete Dictionary of Furniture, revised and expanded by C. Edwards, Woodstock, 1991, p. 178. 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 FPF318 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech and caned tub chair. 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 Painted beech and caned tub chair. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/ad17bf13175cae6044815782af261bc7.jpg 87d0ad1de9310da67a37d339d7f7cc02 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/813b2270a60c2ca1b96ca969604c49cc.jpg 1b18091842612b0c4bbeb599d99db2d0 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/aaf318aa1801d90417c1288f841f3ccb.jpg 5ffee9425b9bc69aca1e2f5742ac99c6 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/bca450951ed93d897eaa5256cb7e8975.jpg 32c519cb1b80f9840a89922e00de6a3b https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/593bb8f8bd0b00140bffbbe173f01f34.jpg 74bc39576530e58ff3fe5d54bff4e3a8 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 japanned (black painted) armchair with gold-painted decoration has a square concave back with turned and tapering back posts originally with finials (now missing) and three horizontal rails. The top two rails enclose a central tablet painted with a wreath and swags of husks or flowers. The lower rails enclose a diamond lattice splat painted with leaf capitals. The back posts are also painted with husks and are continuous with the back legs which are squared in the mid-section and turned, tapering and raked below. The seat rails are curved at the sides and tapering towards the back; the front rail is bowed and painted with a central panel of a patera, husks and trellis. The front legs are squared at the top and turned and tapered below with ring turnings near the tips. Arms were originally joined to the back posts just below the crest rail and would have had supports rising from the front legs. This form of chair back can be compared to Thomas Sheraton’s ‘Backs for Parlour Chairs’ from his The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book (published 1793, 1794, 1802) (White, 1990). In his The Cabinet Dictionary (1803), Sheraton noted regarding ebonising that: ‘pear tree, and other close grained woods have sometimes passed for ebony, by staining them black. This some do by a few washes of a hot decoration of galls, and when dry, adding writing ink, polishing it with a stiff brush, and a little hot wax’ (Gloag, 1991). In the Supplement to The Cabinet Dictionary, Sheraton devoted a full chapter to ‘Painting Furniture’ (ibid.). Condition Originally with arms, now removed. The back right leg is replaced and supported by a metal bracket. The caning is old, possibly original, with some damage. The gold-painted decoration has been poorly over-painted. Holes in the seat rails were possibly for fixings to keep the chair stable during transport. Materials Beech. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 84 W. 55 D. 53 Parker Numbers OM 165, pattern no. 1185. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, Ms. FPA050, page 168. Provenance In stock with Frederick Parker & Sons prior to 1911 when valued at £1 10s. Notes ed. E. White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 95, Appendix, Plate XXV, bottom right. J. Gloag, A Complete Dictionary of Furniture, revised and expanded by C. Edwards, Woodstock, 1991, p. 310 and p. 489. 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 FPF319 Title A name given to the resource Japanned beech armchair with caned seat (originally with arms). 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 Japanned beech armchair with gold painted decoration and a caned seat (originally with arms). https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/1815b9b23b41206aee3bdbd6e4f59794.jpg 7c2b2eb2cdf852768dc910d4929881b1 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/09ec83836e04cf8c91048f25083165ad.jpg a36dd59e59f063e48aecb8caa1307990 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d65913a9fa879c4f7b5f489763261c19.jpg e7762b877d47e5a20a584aab599f290e https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d093a9da68999582db9291a01e1a8874.jpg 2b88cd4d453e281a35d780b23a72d45f https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/2cb05ea61dd737e564303cacb497acc7.jpg 5f134bbe310eb8c7c3704a6f9ed22d54 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/beb0282c09fd83d96d41af7fb9f2a1b6.jpg 258948cfe679390c79a82eee4cb11a5a 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 fully upholstered wing armchair has a high rectangular curved back with shaped rectangular wings which meet out-scrolled and down-swept arms. It has a loose seat-cushion, beneath which there is a frame which originally supported a toilet pan, now missing, under a hinged lid. The chair is raised on turned and tapering mahogany front legs with brass castors, and square section, flared mahogany legs at the back. The chair is covered with a modern pale green wool damask with a lighter fringe trimming. The term ‘commode’ is a modern usage; this chair would have been referred to as a ‘necessary’ chair in the period when it was made. George Hepplewhite included a design for a similar ‘Easy Chair’ engraved in 1787 and published in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1794, which he described as: ‘a Saddle Check, or easy chair; the construction and use of which is apparent: they may be covered with leather, horse-hair; or have a linen case to fit over the canvas stuffing as is most usual and convenient’. Condition The chair was restored and recovered with a modern wool damask in 1985. The front legs are possibly replaced. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 119 W. 79 D. 81 Parker Numbers 6202 Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons prior to December 1929, probably 13th October 1925. Notes A. Hepplewhite and Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or, Repository of designs for every article of household furniture, 3rd Edition 1794, Plate 15 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive 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 FPF324 Title A name given to the resource Upholstered wing armchair fitted as a commode. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1800-1820 Description An account of the resource Upholstered wing armchair with mahogany legs, fitted as a commode. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5ac7a879f4bb7047f327488fad5cd561.jpg 6e162ed9250f38ccf30f1c0e6d9abe59 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/320b1ce75ce34740b3631eb878b2ef0b.jpg 2f481f1c154ee51bd4da6c3bd25120ea https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/8a409078fac88af8abdcb345e8e7701d.jpg 2eae9c7892da72fbfb6ca74e81e2aeba https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e820738a1e8313f987c43c4dbb3bbb37.jpg a04f185af6b6680cca43b7ef80d16ce3 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/70ddd81bcc19f107cd434e0149be6303.jpg 143c1b6e7e09034b6910726f48737ab5 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 wooden frame, probably teak, with double-cane panels in the flared, concave back and in the curved and splayed sides below the arm rests. The outer back and arm panels are covered with cloth, possibly original but with trimming replaced. The seat rails form a circular frame for canework which supports a squab cushion. All four legs are squared, tapering and flared. The squab is possibly original, with horsehair stuffing covered in simulated leather over an earlier red fabric. This chair was probably made in India or Indonesia, suggested by the tropical hardwood frame and the exaggerated flare of the back. Condition Repairs were made in November 1992 at a cost of 15s. Iron straps have been added to support leg/seat rail joints. Braid trimming to the fabric covers is loose. Cane work in the back and sides is original, although weak with damage and losses. Cane loose on inside of left panel. Seat has been re-caned poorly, only using some of the holes and resulting in an open weave. Materials Probably teak. Cane. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 84 W. 51 D. 61 Parker Numbers OM 1072. Provenance Frederick Parker & Sons purchased this chair as one of a pair from Narramore on 30 August 1911 for £4. 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 FPF329 Title A name given to the resource Tub armchair with caned back, sides and seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1810-1830 Description An account of the resource Tub armchair, possibly teak, with caned back, sides and seat.