Tapestry Wing-Back Armchair

by THE VIVIEN LEIGH COLLECTION
. REF: 14370

About the furniture

A tapestry Wing-back armchair covered with 'Verdure' tapestry fragments.

English 18th Century

Carved Walnut

Made in the first quarter of the 18th Century

Acquired from H.W. Keil, Broadway, Worcestershire in 1949.  In a letter dated 19th July 1949 Keil writes:

"Dear Lady Vivien, We were very pleased indeed to see Sir Laurence and yourself in our showrooms yesterday" .... "I am sending a photograph of the fine Queen Anne chair covered in the 17th Century tapestry.  This armchair is well worth possessing since it has a very fine frame and the upholstery is thoroughly clean; in fact the stuffing was renewed when the tapestry was replaced.  The colours, too, will give dignity to any room and I have offered this chair at a very reasonable figure."

(The Vivien Leigh Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, THM/433/6/1)

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