Easy chair
Maker & role
Unknown, Maker
Production date
circa 1860
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Object detail
Title
Easy chair, c.1860
Production place
Collection
Measurements
0 - Whole, H: 72 x W: 78 x D: 70cm (H: 720 x W: 780 x D: 700mm)
Production notes
The legs are Australian red cedar (Toona ciliata), covered by bole and gesso and have a minute impressed maker's stamp 'CS', which Australian furniture dealer / historian, Andrew Simpson, has suggested may be Causton & Shaw, carvers, gilders and framemakers of Hobart c. 1856 (see Fahy & Simpson, Australian Furniture 1788-1838, Pictorial History & Dictionary). This suggests that the cabinetmaker-upholsterer responsible for making the chair may have outsourced the making of the carved and gilt legs.Each of the legs has a hand-written paper label adhered to the upper side (the side that meets the base of the chair when the screws are in place) that says: 'Sutherland chair'
Signature & marks
Reg. no. applied to back R.H.leg 19/12/94
minute impressed maker's stamp 'CS', on leg of chair.
Each of the legs has a hand-written paper label adhered to the upper side (the side that meets the base of the chair when the screws are in place) that says: 'Sutherland chair'
minute impressed maker's stamp 'CS', on leg of chair.
Each of the legs has a hand-written paper label adhered to the upper side (the side that meets the base of the chair when the screws are in place) that says: 'Sutherland chair'
Credit line
Gift, 1927
Vaucluse House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Vaucluse House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
This low easy chair with giltwood cabriole legs, brass castors, horseshoe back and deep buttoning was photographed at Vaucluse House around 1927 - possibly on the verandah. It dates to c1850-1860 and was acquired in March 1927 by the Vaucluse Park Trustees from real-estate agent Mr Tom R. Raine (1858-1929) as an item with Wentworth family provenance.
In 1982 the chair's non-contemporary upholstery was replaced with crimson silk damask with buttoning to match the original as part of the recreated drawing room.
Conservation work in 2008 has revealed that the chair's legs are Australian red cedar (Toona ciliate), covered by bole and gesso and carry a minute impressed maker's stamp 'CS'. Each of the legs has a hand-written paper label adhered to the upper side (the side that meets the base of the chair when the screws are in place) that says: 'Sutherland chair'.
Tom R. Raine's grandfather, Thomas Raine, was a friend of W.C. Wentworth and in the early 1880s Fitzwilliam Wentworth recommended Tom R. Raine to J. R. Hill, manager of the extensive Wentworth and (Daniel) Cooper estates, who offered him the position of agent for the Cooper estate. Raine later established the firm of Raine & Horne in partnership with Joseph Mortimer Horne (1842-1927), who had been agent for the Wentworth estate for some years.
In 1982 the chair's non-contemporary upholstery was replaced with crimson silk damask with buttoning to match the original as part of the recreated drawing room.
Conservation work in 2008 has revealed that the chair's legs are Australian red cedar (Toona ciliate), covered by bole and gesso and carry a minute impressed maker's stamp 'CS'. Each of the legs has a hand-written paper label adhered to the upper side (the side that meets the base of the chair when the screws are in place) that says: 'Sutherland chair'.
Tom R. Raine's grandfather, Thomas Raine, was a friend of W.C. Wentworth and in the early 1880s Fitzwilliam Wentworth recommended Tom R. Raine to J. R. Hill, manager of the extensive Wentworth and (Daniel) Cooper estates, who offered him the position of agent for the Cooper estate. Raine later established the firm of Raine & Horne in partnership with Joseph Mortimer Horne (1842-1927), who had been agent for the Wentworth estate for some years.
Accession number
V88/39
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