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It has an upholstered seat and back which are covered with embroidery in coloured wool on canvas ground, with a walnut frame. Its back and seat depict two different scenes.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>Needlework in wool on canvas was considered to be the most durable form of upholstered seat covering, and was sometimes made by the ladies of the house. Contemporary book illustrations were used as sources for the needlework patterns.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>The back shows a pastoral scene: a female figure in a wheeled car and a flute player under a tree. The seat shows a scene from Aesop's <i>Fables</i>: a fox watches a crane thrusting its bill into the mouth of a vase (from 'The Fox and the Crane').","physicalDescription":"One of a set of six chairs. Frame of beech, veneered with walnut. At the top it has a central arch, rather small and with wide shoulders. Upholstered back and seat covered with needlework in coloured wool on linen canvas ground. The back and seat depict two different scenes. The back shows a pastoral scene: a  female figure in a wheeled car and a  flute player under a tree. 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Such seats were always provided with protective case covers, like these modern reproductions, in a cheaper and hardwearing fabric.  These were only removed on special occasions.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["W.16:1-1938","W.16:2-1938"],"accessionNumberNum":"16","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1938,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN1350","2019LN2266","2019LP6368","2019LU8693","2019LV6560"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}