Sussex Chair
Maker
Morris and Company
(London, British, 1861 - 1940)
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1870
Mediumebonized oak [?] with rush seat
Dimensions33 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 18 3/8
DescriptionA chair with a turned frame and rushed seat that documents the qualities Morris prized, beauty and practicality.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextMorris & 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.Status
On viewObject number2003.14
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
ca. 1903
Object number: 2003.10
