A Conservation Appeal: Help Conserve an English Armchair
A Conservation Appeal: Help Conserve an English Armchair
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A Conservation Appeal: Help Conserve an English Armchair
Price: Admission FreePrice: Admission FreeThere are relatively few examples of English furniture in the Wallace Collection but one of the most important is this eighteenth-century, carved-giltwood armchair in the Kentian style.The chair, with its distinctive X-shaped front legs, is of the same model as four armchairs at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. It is thought that these chairs were originally part of the same set and may have been designed by William Kent for Lord Burlington at Chiswick House in the 1720s.Its current condition prohibits it from being on display. Urgent treatment is now required to stabilise the chair and conserve the remaining original material. During the process of conservation we hope to discover more about the history of the object and the techniques of its makers.The chair is currently on view in our Conservation Gallery as part of an appeal to raise the money needed. With your help we can conserve this significant artwork for future generations.
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A Conservation Appeal: Help Conserve an English ArmchairThe Wallace Collection Main address:
The Wallace CollectionWells Fargo CenterManchester SquareW1U 3BNLondon, United kingdomThe Wallace CollectionWells Fargo CenterManchester SquareW1U 3BNLondon, United kingdomPrice: Admission FreePrice: Admission FreeThere are relatively few examples of English furniture in the Wallace Collection but one of the most important is this eighteenth-century, carved-giltwood armchair in the Kentian style.The chair, with its distinctive X-shaped front legs, is of the same model as four armchairs at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. It is thought that these chairs were originally part of the same set and may have been designed by William Kent for Lord Burlington at Chiswick House in the 1720s.Its current condition prohibits it from being on display. Urgent treatment is now required to stabilise the chair and conserve the remaining original material. During the process of conservation we hope to discover more about the history of the object and the techniques of its makers.The chair is currently on view in our Conservation Gallery as part of an appeal to raise the money needed. With your help we can conserve this significant artwork for future generations. Book tickets
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