Upholstered easy armchair with birch legs.
Identifier
FPF360
Title
Upholstered easy armchair with birch legs.
Date
1860-1890
Description
Upholstered easy armchair with birch legs.
Full Description
This upholstered easy armchair has a high rectangular back with a curved and slightly scrolled top edge. The out-scrolled arms are fully upholstered. The deep stuff-over seat has a bow-front and the chair is raised on birch legs, the front legs turned and with brass caps and ceramic castors and the back legs square-section and raked, also on castors. The upholstery and coil springing appears to be original; the cover may be replaced. The upper part of the back and the inner sides are buttoned.
In the second half of the 19th century the furniture industry became increasingly concentrated in the larger towns and cities, with manufacturers producing a very wide range of wholesale furniture, which was bought by retailers and exporters. In London the industry became centred in Shoreditch and Bethnal Green (P. Kirkham, 1987). Many of the wholesalers published trade catalogues to promote their furniture to retailers; for example, C. & R. Light of Curtain Road, Shoreditch featured an easy chair of this type in their 1881 trade catalogue, Cabinet Furniture: Designs and Catalogue of Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, Looking-Glasses, etc. (Joy, 1994). The furniture would be dispatched to retailers across the country by rail and road, and displayed for sale to the public in department stores and shops.
In the second half of the 19th century the furniture industry became increasingly concentrated in the larger towns and cities, with manufacturers producing a very wide range of wholesale furniture, which was bought by retailers and exporters. In London the industry became centred in Shoreditch and Bethnal Green (P. Kirkham, 1987). Many of the wholesalers published trade catalogues to promote their furniture to retailers; for example, C. & R. Light of Curtain Road, Shoreditch featured an easy chair of this type in their 1881 trade catalogue, Cabinet Furniture: Designs and Catalogue of Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture, Looking-Glasses, etc. (Joy, 1994). The furniture would be dispatched to retailers across the country by rail and road, and displayed for sale to the public in department stores and shops.
Condition
The upholstery appears to be original; the cover is probably a replacement.
The cover is torn on the arms and seat.
The cover is torn on the arms and seat.
Materials
Birch.
Upholstery.
Upholstery.
Physical Dimensions
H. 81
W. 69
D. 84
W. 69
D. 84
Parker Numbers
6247
Provenance
In stock with Frederick Parker & Sons in July 1930.
Notes
Ed. E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, reprinted 1994, pp. xiii, 153.
See also P. Kirkham, R. Mace and J. Porter, Furnishing the World, The East London Furniture Trade 1830-1980, Journeyman, 1987.
See also P. Kirkham, R. Mace and J. Porter, Furnishing the World, The East London Furniture Trade 1830-1980, Journeyman, 1987.
