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This chair and W.79-1929 are the last two chairs on a list of the furniture Mrs Williams gave to the museum, and Mr Clifford Smith of the Furniture & Woodwork Dept has added beneath \" These two chairs belonged to Mrs Williams' grandfather Mr James Wyatt, a carver and gilder, who was Mayor of Oxford & a friend of Millais who in early life painted his portrait\".","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Child's high straight backed deportment chair with a wicker seat made in England about 1835","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["W.80-1929"],"accessionNumberNum":"80","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1929,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-15","recordCreationDate":"2004-05-20","availableToBook":false}}