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Sussex Chair

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Type
Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1870
Accession number
2003.14
Maker
Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions
33 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 18 3/8
Medium
ebonized oak [?] with rush seat
Description
A chair with a turned frame and rushed seat that documents the qualities Morris prized, beauty and practicality.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department
European Art
Find out more
View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
Morris & Company produced a line of inexpensive rush-seated chairs that were popular with clients and often copied by competitors. The delicate design of this armchair was based on an early 18th-century rural prototype, seen in Sussex by the painter Ford Maddox Brown, who later designed several variations.

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