FDA-A.2089-2020
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2089-2020
Object type
Identification
Title
Villiers Dining Room Chairs
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
SET OF 53 CHAIRS; suite of seat furniture comprising five beechwood armchairs and 48 chairs, rectangular dipped open back, four splats, square tapering legs, two side stretchers, armchairs with outward curved flat arms; blue vinyl drop-in padded seats
Comments
William Graham Holford, Baron Holford Kt., RA, (22 March 1907 – 17 October 1975), was a British architect who undertook at least three commissions for Eton College: Villiers House (under construction 1960), Farrer House (1959) and the ceiling of Eton College Chapel (1957).
Description
Material
beechwood
vinyl
vinyl
Physical description
Suite of seat furniture comprising five beechwood armchairs and 48 chairs en suite; each with rectangular dipped open back, four splats, square tapering legs, two side stretchers; armchairs with outward curved flat arms; blue vinyl drop-in padded seats
Production
Person
William Graham Holford, 1907 - 1975, Baron Holford, architect (Architect)
Dudley, Edward Alfred (Designer)
Dudley, Edward Alfred (Designer)
Date
1960
