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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 open armchair has an oval, upholstered back with guilloche carving on the frame. Out-scrolled arms with upholstered arm pads rest on down-curved supports carved with guilloche ornament. The back is continuous with the back legs. The seat rail is fluted and the stuff-over seat is shaped and has a serpentine front. The chair is raised on turned, part-fluted and foliate carved front legs with carved panels where the legs meet the seat-rail, and they terminate in ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is French for a spinning top). The back legs are moulded and raked. The cream damask cover is modern. This chair is similar to FPF202, in the neo-classical style of the latter part of the 18th century, inspired by the classicism of ancient Greece and Rome. It is closely related to a pair of chairs purchased from the furniture dealer, Messrs. Harris & Sons by the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, for £40 in 1919 (W.35-1919; CIRC 318-1919). The V&A chairs were acquired to provide a ‘time-line’ of styles, and were intended to be a model for chair-makers to study and copy. FPF203 and the V&A chairs are similar to a set of six chairs supplied by John Linnell (1729-96) to Inveraray Castle, Argyll, Scotland, in 1775-78 (Hayward, Kirkham, 1980). Another comparable set of sixteen chairs (together with eight settees) was made for the saloon at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, in c. 1780, and is believed to be by Linnell (NT 108598). Although none of these chairs can be firmly attributed to Linnell, it is possible they were from his workshop based on stylistic grounds supported by circumstantial evidence. Materials Beech. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 93 W. 60 D. 53 Parker Numbers 1972. 4383. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons pre 1911 for £13.10.0. Notes H. Hayward, P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell: Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, London, 1980, vol. II, p. 46, fig. 90, and discussed in vol. I, pp. 126-128. National Trust, Kedleston Hall: <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/108598">Untitled 108598 | National Trust collections</a> This chair is on loan to No 1 Royal Crescent, Bath. 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 FPF203 Title A name given to the resource Carved and gilded beech open armchair with oval back. 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 Carved and gilded beech open armchair with oval back, upholstered seat and back. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/7b41c66f556a5d9a0c7cc7af01653a60.jpg 4eff12e946593fea7031c3c23e3d103d https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/626db3b8abdedb123a55564bd1852f3b.jpg 5ccc86ea2446816a5b63edd0554127eb https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/558f71ca309a95aefbf5471b824bac2a.jpg 85043b74a4d01829d0833f77a6465607 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/cba1342d731a8626c8f9a0a13854b7d7.jpg 381e12543d06453f525b83fd2b9ad060 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/256e7854cc5bd793a37a58e88e3b051b.jpg 9c19105a4f21f7a46115d835ae471c71 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 and caned chair is in the neo-classical style made fashionable by the architect-designer, Robert Adam (1728-92) in the late 1770s and early 1780s. The chair has a concave oval caned back with a channel-moulded frame, indented at the bottom. The stuff-over seat is shaped at the sides and serpentine at the front; the side rails are fluted and the front rail is carved with anthemion oval panels in the centre and on the corners. There are cramping slots on the inside of the seat rails, used during assembly. The chair is raised on turned, tapering, fluted front legs with nulling at the tops, terminating in ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is French for a spinning top), and square, flared legs at the back. The seat was originally caned but has been upholstered in the 20th century; the chair has also been re-painted in the 20th century. This chair with its fluted frame is tentatively attributed to the London cabinet- and chair-making partnership of William Ince (d. 1804) and John Mayhew (1736-1811). A suite of chairs with very similar seat rails and legs was supplied by Ince and Mayhew to Sir Thomas Edwardes (d. 1785) for his house in Portman Square, London (Goodman, 2016). Ince and Mayhew worked with the architect-designer Robert Adam from as early as 1764 at Coventry House, Piccadilly and Croome Court, Worcestershire, for the 6th Earl of Coventry. The firm appears to have either followed Adam’s designs exactly, for example, the Derby House commode (Roberts, 1985), or created their own interpretations of his designs. Adam chose Ince and Mayhew to supply the furnishings for some of his most fashionable interiors, suggesting a close partnership, probably more so than that between Adam and Chippendale, who was largely independent. Another set of ten armchairs with similar seat rails and legs, formerly from the Great Drawing Room at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, is now in the collection of the National Trust at Lanhydrock, Cornwall (NT 882801). Condition The seat was originally caned; the upholstery is 20th century. The back has been re-caned. The chair was repainted in the 20th century. Materials Beech. Cane. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 94 W. 57 D. 54 Parker Numbers 8188 or 8818 on a paper label Note on paper sheet: ‘New purchase London GH-U’. OM 6039, pattern no. 4388. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050. Page 134. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons, 20th January 1925 from Chester Street Gallery for £5. Notes Sharon Goodman, ‘Modesty Prevails: Mayhew & Ince’s Commission for Sir Thomas Edwardes at 17 Edwards Street, Marylebone’, Furniture History, 2016, pp. 111-122. <a href="https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5975492">Four chairs from the Edwardes suite were sold by Christies, London, 9 March 2016, lot 74; </a> <a href="https://bifmo.history.ac.uk/entry/mayhew-john-and-ince-william-1736-1811">Mayhew, John and Ince, William (1758-1811) | BIFMO</a> Hugh Roberts, ‘The Derby House Commode’, The Burlington Magazine, May 1985, pp. 275-283. For the Wimpole Hall chairs see: <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/882801">Open armchair 882801| National Trust 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 FPF204 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech side chair with caned 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 Painted beech side chair with caned back and upholstered seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9862ee0e68e6fcef1530a85f24544ee3.jpg b8a6d5411419d7b85ca3e796a1914ea4 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/ae269ffb489e686e390508212fe5913a.jpg 384df244d7543d19b4f8b451910694aa https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d08375817e9e4749496d919b3be75384.jpg 122b4afc5aadeb9b0fdab5e1ee6fb1dd https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/133439d81237c089545817e8af334038.jpg d07b8be6bde559cf060c637e1db2aa03 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/28670ec820508b89c6271a801c5a85ac.jpg 9c19105a4f21f7a46115d835ae471c71 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 chair frame has an oval fluted chair back and short curved arms cut to receive upholstered pads, joined to down-swept supports that meet the tops of the front legs. The oval frame is continuous with the back legs. The seat rail is fluted, serpentine at the front and curved at the sides and back. The chair is raised on turned, tapered and part-fluted front legs with octagonal top sections and terminating in ‘toupie’ feet (toupie is French for spinning top). There are carved paterae within square panels where the legs meet the seat rail. The back legs are turned and raked, with ‘toupie’ feet. There are traces of the original paint scheme of ivory and duck-egg blue, as well as gilding, possibly from a later paint scheme. The upholstery has been entirely removed but there are traces of a red material and horsehair. This neo-classical chair is typical of the early 1770s. The form was used by Thomas Chippendale (1718-79) for some of his most important commissions, including sets of chairs at Harewood House, Nostell Priory and Newby Hall, all in Yorkshire (Gilbert, 1978). However, Chippendale’s distinctive models have arm supports that always join the seat rail rather than the top of the leg, as in this example. Contemporaries of Chippendale were supplying related chairs, for example by John Linnell (1729-1796) at Inveraray Castle, Argyll, and Osterley Park, Middlesex (Hayward, Kirkham, 1980) and those attributed to William Ince (d. 1804) and John Mayhew (1736-1811) at Cobham Hall, Kent (Cornforth, 1983). Condition The right arm has been replaced in pine. The back left foot is replaced. Materials Beech. Traces of upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 61 D. 61 Parker Numbers Painted on the seat rail: ‘205/2151’ Plastic label: ‘OM 2151’. See: Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050, Page 178. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons in February 1913 from Clifford for £8 10s. Notes C. Gilbert, The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, pp. 106-109, figs. 178-187. H. Hayward, P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell: Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, London, 1980, vol. II, pp. 46-47, figs. 90, 92-93. J. Cornforth, ‘Cobham Hall, Kent – III’, Country Life, 10 March 1983, p. 571, fig. 10. A closely related chair is shown in H. Cescinsky, English Furniture: From Gothic to Sheraton, Grand Rapids, 1929, p. 363, top left. 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 FPF205 Title A name given to the resource Oval back open armchair (frame only). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1770-1790 Description An account of the resource Oval back open armchair frame, the upholstery to seat, back and arms missing. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/7202d8c705f93fe45e3d3311bf941ad1.jpg 8206eb36c804127549475ca760962167 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/8a4ad1cc50d9382f9fc127c5aaf48797.jpg 93bcbd3176b0b6185388111d3ce749b1 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f9e3091cbc866835d8da716901d8d01f.jpg 162fc96682ed43fd0bb26e2ff1fd4726 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/689b2fd61c3c043841e8fbd8b8ae01ca.jpg 7023b650102a427ffba6e1cdb357412e https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/294253220971efe71d8d1871d46103a7.jpg 4977eec6b7c08ef97e3f417862a928f3 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 black-painted and partially gilded mahogany open armchair is in the neo-classical fashion of the late 18th century. The square upholstered back panel is set within a channel-moulded frame and there is a central tablet in the crest rail with a moulded composition decoration which is now partly missing. Down-swept arms with padded armrests terminate in fluted baluster arm supports. The deep upholstered drop-on seat cushion rests on a channel-moulded bow-front seat rail with a central plain tablet. The chair is supported on tapering fluted columnar front legs with leaf carving at the top and with square-section tapering and flared back legs. The black paint is a later finish; traces of the original finish of ivory paint and parcel-gilt survive, and some of the gilding may be original. This armchair is in the Louis XVI-style of the 1780s, made fashionable by French Royal makers such as Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (1748-1803) and Georges Jacob (1739-1814); for example, see a fauteuil à la Reine (Queen’s chair) by Sené, delivered in 1788 to the Grand Cabinet of Marie Antoinette at the Château de St. Cloud (Kjellberg, 2002). The style was introduced to English makers particularly through George Hepplewhite’s Guide, published in 1788, 1789 and 1794. In this chair the proportions differ from French models in that the legs are longer and the seat cushion thinner, while French chairs tended to have short legs and deep cushions; this example is also taller in the back and the back meets the rear of the seat. This style of chair was in general intended for a drawing room, a room often identified as a feminine realm. The term derives from the ‘withdrawing’ room, which in the 17th century was an ante-chamber situated between the great chamber and the bedchamber used for intimate socialising, and later meant a room to retire to before or after dining. Condition Part of the composition detail in the crest tablet is missing. Finials missing. Black paint is later but some of the gilding may be original. The upholstery and cover is 20th century. Materials Beech. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 61 D. 61 Parker Numbers 1235. 2761. OM 1235A. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050, Page 169. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons, 1st December 1911 from Brackett for £6.10.0. Notes P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais de XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 2002, p. 812. See also A. Hepplewhite, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide, 1788, 1789 and 1794. This chair relates to an upholstered armchair, c. 1785, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (W.64-1930), see <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O371970/armchair-unknown/">Armchair | 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 FPF206 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech upholstered armchair with square back. 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 Painted and partially gilded beech armchair with square upholstered back panel and drop-on seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/412c4681b00562c67b7a58c943cb0e9f.jpg 626e4730b1b323e9fb17073c4c0bccbb https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/c590fb824756eaf90b635a4be3c5abfe.jpg dd6e6e934cc2101a964f48a735cf24af https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/8da13205b492d6774d6cab4211c82d2e.jpg 9f209b0f236be826b563184514a96a2a https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/998102ef646fe498f792aa24d817d787.jpg a7e790645e70dd79c33851b6e32304a7 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/e753fe69a570dd4a78093ced3eb43fb0.jpg c631c25ba91ef747021e32d78ad08e63 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/24838bf008c8b806ea0f3ddc4c11066c.jpg f7ff469d0660f5379f25912f182a9ed4 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 chair has a caned cartouche-shaped back with a moulded frame, which is continuous with the back legs. The seat rail is serpentine at the front and curved at the sides and back. The seat upholstery is now modern, but it would originally have been upholstered to the line of a moulded lip in the seat rail; it was later re-upholstered and nailed along the bottom edge. An earlier cover, in the 1980s, was brown leather. The chair is raised on tapering turned legs, straight at the front, and raked at the back. There are traces of original decoration, probably green and white paint, beneath later green and yellow paint. The caning in the back is original. Rout chairs were intended for use at large assemblies, such as dances and banquets, and were described in Sheraton’s Cabinet Dictionary (1803) as ‘Small painted chairs with rush bottoms, lent out by cabinet makers for hire, as a supply of seats at general entertainments, or feasts; hence their name rout chair’. They might also be found in a domestic setting where they were used or kept in different rooms during the week and brought together for parties; a hand-coloured etching by Charles Williams, ‘Regency fete or John Bull in the Conservatory’ (1811) shows rout chairs around a banqueting table (Boram, 2015). A set of ten rout chairs, c. 1775, attributed to Thomas Chippendale (1718-79) was formerly at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire (illustrated in Gilbert, 1978). Rout chairs with rush seats made by Gillows from the 1780s onwards were either stained or painted, stained chairs being less expensive (Boram). Evidently, rout chairs could be hired out: Ayliffe & Webb, Chair Makers and Turners, active in c. 1765 at 49 Wardour Street, Soho, advertised: ‘Chairs lent for Routs’ (cited in Gloag, 1991). This chair may have been inspired by French models; it relates to a set of six French caned chaises en cabriolet by Georges Jacob illustrated in Kjellberg, 2002. Condition The joints between the side rails and back legs are pegged, which appears to be a strengthening repair and not a feature when the chair was made. The seat upholstery is modern Materials Beech. Cane. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 94 W. 56 D. 61 Parker Numbers OM 3884. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050, Page 89. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons from Lenygon, December 1917, for £1.17.6 Notes T. Sheraton, The Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, vol. II, p. 299. J. Boram, ‘The Domestic Context for Gillows’ Rush- and Cane-Seated Chairs’, Regional Furniture, vol. XXIX, 2015, pp. 50-52, and see Fig 3. J. Gloag, A Complete Dictionary of Furniture, revised and expanded by C. Edwards, Woodstock, 1991, p. 572. C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p. 103, fig. 175. A set of nineteen painted and caned chairs, 1760-80, at Osterley House, Middlesex (originally twenty-four) is by their number and caning possibly a set of rout chairs, see: <a href="https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/771745.1">Chair 771745.1 | National Trust collections</a> P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais de XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 2002, p. 421. 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 FPF208 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech and cane rout chair with 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 Painted beech rout chair with caned back and upholstered seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5a2ffe0d18a51710e8211dd7090f9f3b.jpg 52610a2fe036530676a65cd32473bd10 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/4c6ddb3c2e115d4ba523ae6d21b29726.jpg 6015fb56fb6651374e6848dfcccd254a https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d9dee8223fa46a47345a0de97805dec4.jpg 5fb61133c02f491388abf28bc5bce097 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/df32e680c8003ad744745b92bc13f807.jpg d3734dd8a27292748ee5b7c3ebafc2b3 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/da98a77bf5c26ecd626d22ee42791abd.jpg 81fc21678db620a122f0fb0388330ac2 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 has an oval back frame which is channel-moulded on the front and side faces, enclosing a pierced splat of six flared struts carved with leaves, centred by a pierced and moulded oval with a central patera and radiating petal shapes. The back frame is continuous with the back legs. The chair has a stuff-over seat and is raised on square section tapering and fluted front legs with paterae in panels at the top and with acanthus leaf carving on the toes. The back legs are square-section and raked. The blue striped cover and brass-headed upholstery nails are early 20th century. The back of this chair is virtually identical to one in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (W.68-1935; Tomlin, 1982). The initials ‘I.D.’ are stamped underneath the back seat-rail of the Victoria & Albert chair identifying the maker. A design for a related chair by Gillows of Lancaster and London, created for the Revd. J.D. Carlyle in July 1786, is in Stuart, 2008. A made-up example of this design is a pair of chairs with Norman Adams Ltd. (ibid.). It was customary for Gillow’s journeymen to stamp their initials on their work, and it is possible that the Victoria & Albert comparable was made by Gillows – although the initials are not in the list of Gillow apprentices, workmen and tradesmen published by Stuart (ibid.). Another related chair is illustrated in Edwards, 1954 (provenance Victoria & Albert Museum). A further set of twelve side chairs was sold by Sotheby’s Olympia, 5 September 2002. Condition There is extensive restoration to the back and splat. The seat rails are replaced. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 99 W. 58 D. 61 Parker Numbers 4623. 4317. OM 4613, pattern no. 4317. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050, Page 114. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons, 18th October 1918 for £15.0.0 Notes <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372212/chair-unknown/">Chair | V&A Explore The Collections</a> M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 135, P/12. S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. I, p. 174, Plates 135, 137; vol. II, pp. 229-233. R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. I, Woodbridge, revised edition 1954, p. 299, fig. 235. Sotheby’s Olympia, 5 September 2002, lot 87A, a set of twelve side chairs sold for £47,000. The pair to this chair is FPF209B, on loan to No 1, The Royal Crescent, Bath. 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 FPF209A Title A name given to the resource A mahogany oval-back side chair with upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1785-1800 Description An account of the resource A mahogany oval-back side chair with upholstered seat, one of a pair. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/6ee59e729cce43ebedb9440adc28a415.jpg 5af34bdd0829f80b515d3cda74f49058 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/dea9c14557f3882049e7a8d3a9fa75b3.jpg b1978e066c2954326083d805bb4b89ce https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/c18c918e1059be644e02ac61cd376954.jpg 87eb40e596951e39295529432bf6753d https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/933aec14880113b36540186e30dd77ec.jpg f8e758c2d792d27702018e98c97350d8 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/387e98a43a4bf54b1bb2c89b45d81434.jpg fd5afb504b4909e03015e5a9acc72728 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/ff6c43a247846bb5f239116f70f43e28.jpg 4031dc9b460a11aa707f1a2d431ef92f 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 has an oval back frame which is channel-moulded on the front and side faces enclosing a pierced splat of six flared struts carved with leaves, centred by a pierced and moulded oval with a central patera and radiating petal shapes. The back frame is continuous with the back legs. The chair has a stuff-over seat and is raised on square section tapering and fluted front legs with paterae in panels at the top and with acanthus leaf carving on the toes. The back legs are square-section and raked. The blue striped cover and brass-headed upholstery nails are early 20th century. The back of this chair is virtually identical to one in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (W.68-1935; Tomlin, 1982). The initials ‘I.D.’ are stamped underneath the back seat-rail of the Victoria & Albert chair identifying the maker. A design for a related chair by Gillows of Lancaster and London, created for the Revd. J.D. Carlyle in July 1786, is in Stuart, 2008. A made-up example of this design is a pair of chairs with Norman Adams Ltd. (ibid.). It was customary for Gillow’s journeymen to stamp their initials on their work, and it is possible that the Victoria & Albert comparable was made by Gillows – although the initials are not in the list of Gillow apprentices, workmen and tradesmen published by Stuart (ibid.). Another related chair is illustrated in Edwards, 1954 (provenance Victoria & Albert Museum). A further set of twelve side chairs was sold by Sotheby’s Olympia, 5 September 2002. Materials Mahogany. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 99 W. 58 D. 61 Parker Numbers 4623. 4317. OM 4613. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050, Page 114. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons, 18th October 1918 for £15.0.0 Notes <a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372212/chair-unknown/">Chair | V&A Explore The Collections</a> M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 135, P/12. S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. I, p. 174, Plates 135, 137; vol. II, pp. 229-233. R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. I, Woodbridge, revised edition 1954, p. 299, fig. 235. Sotheby’s Olympia, 5 September 2002, lot 87A, a set of twelve side chairs sold for £47,000. This chair is on loan to No 1, The Royal Crescent, Bath. The pair is FPF209A 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 FPF209B Title A name given to the resource A mahogany oval-back side chair with upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1785-1800 Description An account of the resource A mahogany oval-back side chair with upholstered seat, one of a pair. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9fa71b793a4a49ebdcdebb47b9a8164d.jpg 0353af2cd40320560551db2367a0c9ba https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/2dd5cf70a231121a27b92cd9e00760e9.jpg 422ed075602fe1258ac449bacebeffa2 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/5c74d1e39c74c5d61d40107c4a56eb44.jpg 2218af9ddfb7a64b607b4426277ad3b0 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a1571d4c002bc99ac2c9aa33ec71839e.jpg 60e7b56c3810e556ab59ac26d3ba2980 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/32a58dcaf2fe0c726b8182ec4e80517d.jpg fd66c10000feaf6bd1d9d3d0f0052316 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 cream and green-painted armchair with caned seat and back has a square framed back with an arched and moulded crest rail with carved scrolls meeting at the centre, and back posts which terminate in finials carved as flowers. The top of the back is hung with a padded and fringed cushion held in place with cords through the cane work. The down-swept arms are channel-moulded and terminate in scrolls carved with acanthus leaves and the down-swept supports have a line of carved pearling. The tapering caned seat has a squab cushion with some of the original filling. It is above a deep channelled seat rail. The chair is raised on turned, part-fluted and foliate-carved baluster-shaped front legs with carved panels at the top with pressed brass paterae, while the square-section back legs are flared. The design of this chair is probably inspired by French models, for example the fauteuils à la Reine by Georges Jacob (1739-1814), Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené (1748-1803) and Jean-Baptiste Bernard Demay (maître in 1784) (Kjellberg, 2002). The novelty of using cane in chairs during the late 17th and early 18th centuries had declined in favour of fixed upholstery by the 1730s, but cane enjoyed a revival towards the end of the century, when it was increasingly used in light-weight chairs such as this, ‘sometimes simply as a support for a seat cushion or squab and sometimes as a decorative feature in a chair back, but essentially as a secondary material rather than as a primary feature’ (Dewing, 2008). In Thomas Sheraton’s The Cabinet Dictionary (1803), the entry ‘Cane’ is described as: ‘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 to a state of improvement, so that at present it is introduced into several pieces of furniture, which it was not a few years past… 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 The paint is worn and faded, there are remains of white or cream over black, and small traces of green or blue. The canework on seat and back appears original. Castors were fitted at one time, now missing. Materials Beech. Brass. Cane. Loose upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 61 D. 66 Parker Numbers 1743. OM 519. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050, Page 10. 1743 is probably the pattern number. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons pre 1914, valued at £2.0.0. Notes P. Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Francais de XVIIIe Siecle, Paris, 2002, pp. 418, 820, 288. D. Dewing, ‘Cane Chairs, their Manufacture and Use in London, 1670-1730’, Regional Furniture, vol. XXII, 2008, pp. 53-82. <a href="https://regionalfurnituresociety.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/cane-chairs-their-manufacture-and-use-in-london-1670-1730-david-dewing.pdf">D. Dewing, CANE CHAIRS, THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE IN LONDON, 1670-1730</a> 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 FPF217 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech armchair with caned seat and back and squab cushion. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1775-1790 Description An account of the resource Painted beech armchair with caned seat and back and squab cushion. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/0ec4c61dea074fa789ffd346f8dd7e36.jpg 1cb318fe45652c2d329f910bd99eac73 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/d0232126b57bf8693db75a27a8a65e68.jpg 1995f341332209716538dfa70c268c25 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/09ab83e8ac2965bc18cc75ef8147fe24.jpg b7c287d9d3bb7d7f714c661550f8e1ad https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/f5ffde1d1e68ef351f5ee7a90bada393.jpg 0b01fca3a42fcd926a67707fe75d99b9 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/c8132d2b2785c850961a5fac47197a65.jpg 602324d20432472932a49c78bc3ebfac 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 beech armchair has a turned top rail carved with foliage and pearls above a rectangular solid panel with foliate scrolls and rosettes with a pearl border. Below there is a pierced panel enclosing a stylised anthemion, or honeysuckle. The down-swept arms have pad arms terminating in squared ends carved with rosettes, supported on turned and fluted uprights carved with leaf work. An upholstered seat is bordered by a seat rail carved with foliate scrolls, rosettes and paterae. The chair is supported on fluted columnar front legs and the back legs are square-section and flared. The chair is covered in a green velvet, now faded and in poor condition. This chair was purchased by Frederick Parker as a period chair but was actually made in the early 20th century in imitation of a late-18th century chair. It is similar to two designs for Drawing Room chairs from Sheraton’s Cabinet-Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book 1791-94. Such chairs could be ‘finished in burnished gold with seat and back covered in printed silk’ or ‘finished in japan painting with a little gilding in parts of the banister to give a lively effect’ (Edwards, 1945). Condition Repair to the right leg with iron bar. Splits to the underside of the seat rail. The chair covering is in a worn condition. Materials Beech. Upholstery. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 91 W. 61 D. 61 Parker Numbers OM 2329. See Frederick Parker Archive, Box 55, FPA050, Page 58. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons prior to 1914 when it was valued at £10.0.0 Notes R. Edwards, Sheraton Furniture Designs, London, 1945, pp. 11, Item 44, and p. 45. 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 FPF218 Title A name given to the resource Gilded beech armchair with upholstered seat. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900-1910 Description An account of the resource Carved and gilded beech armchair with upholstered seat. https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/9721705d6a07a1829da0642c57696a20.jpg 177bb1196a52cf82f04ffebd46783d09 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/448a7b027f348af2be9f4e037717bcd0.jpg 8c90513d1b2d2b3418372877784a79f2 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/29101179e026a27a0b18c4b0c2cbe563.jpg f298ae1acddb6b0bc16db5b8d966d0b1 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/6a7d308f6fad4010d2dc7813e73a3b08.jpg 8c66dd0856be31afab40429a595930e5 https://www.frederickparkercollection.org.uk/files/original/a02a242dc5f228deadaa1eb005f47425.jpg 93baf11244f919c47ce989a36654b05e 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 rout armchair has an open chamfered cartouche-shaped back with five tapering and chamfered vertical spindles shaped into the top rail to form gothic arches. The out-swept shaped arms terminate in down-turned scrolls and rest on curved supports rising from the seat rails. The chair has a shaped caned seat with a serpentine front rail and shaped apron. It is raised on square and tapering front legs and flared back legs. They are joined by later turned stretchers at the front and sides; the front stretcher is raised higher than at the sides. There is a later squab cushion. This chair has its original caned seat and some of the original blue and white painted decoration. Its form was possibly inspired by Hepplewhite’s design for ‘Cabriole Chairs’ published in The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1794). Rout chairs were used at dances and banquets where large numbers of inexpensive but decorative chairs were required, often hired for the event. They might also be used in a domestic setting where they might normally be kept in different rooms and brought together for parties (Boram, 2015). Thomas Sheraton’s The Cabinet Dictionary (1803) described them as: ‘Small painted chairs with rush bottoms, lent out by cabinet makers for hire, as a supply of seats at general entertainments, or feasts; hence their name rout chair’. In c. 1765, Ayliffe & Webb, Chair Makers and Turners of 49 Wardour Street, Soho, announced: ‘Chairs lent for Routs’ (cited in Gloag, 1991). Condition In good original condition, retains some of its original paint finish. The caning is original. Three stretchers are later additions, it may not have had stretchers originally. The feet are tipped. Materials Beech. Cane. Physical Dimensions The physical size of the object H. 94 W. 58 D. 58 Parker Numbers 1235a. 2062. The arms of this chair inspired the arm shape of a Parker Knoll chair, PK735, produced in 1951. Provenance Purchased by Frederick Parker & Sons on 1st December 1911 from Brackett for £6.0.0. Notes G. Hepplewhite, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1794, plate 11. J. Boram, ‘The Domestic Context for Gillows’ Rush- and Cane-Seated Chairs’, Regional Furniture, vol. XXIX, 2015, pp. 50-52. T. Sheraton, Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, vol. II, p. 299. J. Gloag, A Complete Dictionary of Furniture, revised and expanded by C. Edwards, Woodstock, 1991, p. 572. 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 FPF221 Title A name given to the resource Painted beech armchair with caned 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 Painted beech rout armchair with a spindle back and caned seat.