£2,800.00

Three rush-seated chairs, 1870's

Decoration attributed to William Burges (1827-1881) or his circle.

Painted pine with later (but still old) rush seats.

84cm high

40cm wide 

35cm deep

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We know from contemporary photographs of his home and offices that William Burges lived and worked with this type of chair. They are essentially peasant-made French Cathedral chairs that Burges brought back to London and then decorated. Similar decoration to a chair can be seen above the doors of Cardiff Castle’s banqueting hall, also by William Burges.

The final images courtesy of RIBA, show both un-decorated and decorated rush-seated chairs of this type in Tower House (below) and his Buckingham Street office.

A pair of red painted chairs decorated with a mermaid and a merman were sold by us in 2018 and are now in an important private collection. see our archive.