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Braid and cord for Saville armchair (c.1890)

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Date: c.1890
Object Type: furniture
Material: velvet
Catalogue number: G4
Designer and maker: Jack, George Washington Henry (1855 - 1931)
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Presented by Miss F.J. Lefroy, 1951

Red velvet braid originally from a Saville Armchair (see G1). The chair was originally covered in velvet, then re-upholstered in ‘Strawberry Thief’ chintz in 1951/3. Covered in plain calico after damage in 1995. The chair was from the donor’s parents’ house which was furnished by Morris & Co. in the 1890s.

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