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It was made by either Edward Gardiner, who was employed by Gimson as a chair-maker and wood-turner, or by Gimson himself.  The chair is an example of the influential Arts and Crafts furniture produced in the Cotswolds in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.\r\n\r\nThe chair is made of yew and has a rush seat.  The distinctive beaded ornament of the stretchers, uprights and back spindles, is known as bobbin turning: so-called because the shape resembles the bobbins used in some forms of textile weaving.  The use of bobbin-turned elements, popular in seventeenth-century British furniture, and the relatively simple form of the chair reflect Gimson’s interest in traditional crafts and manufacturing techniques.\r\n\r\nThis particular chair was acquired from Norman Jewson, a former assistant to Gimson and the husband of Ernest Barnsley’s eldest daughter, Mary.","physicalDescription":"Chair made of turned yew elements with rush seat","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Gimson, Ernest William","id":"A8433"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Gimson, Ernest William","id":"A8433"},"association":{"text":"makers","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"possibly"},{"name":{"text":"Gardiner, Edward","id":"A16882"},"association":{"text":"makers","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"possibly"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"yew","id":"AAT12774"},{"text":"rush","id":"AAT11889"}],"techniques":[{"text":"turning","id":"AAT53158"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"Arts and Crafts","id":"AAT21205"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006BA1187"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"SHLN","id":"THES49063"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Armchair","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Sapperton","id":"x36900"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1905","earliest":"1900-01-01","latest":"1909-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"125","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approximate","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"56","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approximate","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"48.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"approximate","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions converted from the feet and inches measurements given in the departmental green catalogues","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Chair, designed by Ernest Gimson and made at Daneway House, Sapperton, ca. 1905.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Shown in a travelling exhibition 'Rural Chairs' organized by the Circulation Department of the V&A. 1974.  The handlist records:\n24. GIMSON ARMCHAIR. Yew, bobbin-turned, rush seat. Designed by Ernest Gimson (1864-1919) and made at Daneway House Workshops, Sapperton, about 1905.'"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"17 ARMCHAIR\r\nAbout 1905\r\n\r\nThe revival of bobbin turning, produced by hand on a pole-lathe, was an important aspect of Arts and Crafts furniture making.  This chair belonged to Norman Jewson, one of Gimson's architectural assistants at Sapperton. Gimson also designed a version with flat arms rather than turned ones. 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