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Although this chair was not originally made for Kensington Palace it did come to the Museum from there, given in 1916 by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, the daughter of Queen Victoria.  She was an accomplished artist and this chair would have been among the fine antique furniture that she bought to furnish her own apartments in the late 19th century. ","physicalDescription":"Chair of carved walnut, composed of  a tall, curved back with plain central  splat flanked by two rails; curved legs  and shaped stretchers. 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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. She was the daughter of Queen Victoria and an accomplished artist.  This chair is likely to have come from her own apartments in Kensington Palace and to have formed part of the antique furnishings that she acquired to furnish them in the late 19th century.  At the time that it was acquired it was already described as 'chipped; scratched; worm-eaten'.\r\n\r\nFormerly on loan to Kew Palace; currently on loan to Kensington Palace.\n\nSix comparable walnut 'India-back' chairs with cane seats and (slightly different) scroll feet survive at Canons Ashby, National Trust, dated c.1715 (NT 494408), and have been described as the earliest-documented 'India-back' chairs to survive in England, having been recorded in the Right Hand Parlour in Canons Ashby in 1717, as a set of 12 along with a matching settee and a matching marble-topped sideboard table. An identical chair at Hampton Court Palace, came originally from Kensington Palace and has been associated with the maker Richard Roberts (fl. 1714 - 29).","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"A side chair of carved walnut, composed of a tall, curved back with plain central splat flanked by two rails; curved legs and shaped stretchers.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["W.30-1916"],"accessionNumberNum":"30","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1916,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-01","recordCreationDate":"2007-11-21","availableToBook":false}}