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An 18th Century Needlework Chair Seat and Back
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An 18th Century Needlework Chair Seat and Back

18th century
For Sale by Textile Antiques
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French, circa 1730

Each panel worked in wool and silk with pomegranates, pineapples and other exotic fruits and flowers on a yellow ground bordered with acanthus leaves, the back with a large scallop shell. With restorations.

The back 60cm (23.5”) high and 58cm (23”) wide, the seat 43cm (17”) deep and 66cm (26”) wide.

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Textile Antiques has dated this Antique Needlework Chair Upholstery to the 18th Century.

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French, circa 1730
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Each panel worked in wool and silk with pomegranates, pineapples and other exotic fruits and flowers on a yellow ground bordered with acanthus leaves, the back with a large scallop shell.
Textile Antiques

With restorations.

The back 60cm (23.5”) high and 58cm (23”) wide, the seat 43cm (17”) deep and 66cm (26”) wide.

Date of Manufacture

Textile Antiques has dated this Antique Needlework Chair Upholstery to the 18th Century.

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SA1241196
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156
Textile Antiques
Textile Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2025

Fine european textiles and tapestries of the period spanning the 15th century to the early 20th century.

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Archive I Two eighteenth-century yellow wool and silk needlework textile panels decorated with botanical motifs and acanthus leaf scrollwork for a chair seat and back.

An 18th Century Needlework Chair Seat and Back

Archive II Two eighteenth-century yellow wool and silk needlework textile panels decorated with botanical motifs and acanthus leaf scrollwork for a chair seat and back. View II
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Stansted Mountfitchet
Essex
United Kingdom
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Two eighteenth-century yellow wool and silk needlework textile panels decorated with botanical motifs and acanthus leaf scrollwork for a chair seat and back.
An 18th century needlework chair seat and back
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Two eighteenth-century yellow wool and silk needlework textile panels decorated with botanical motifs and acanthus leaf scrollwork for a chair seat and back.
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  • ObjectAntique Textiles
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialWool, Silk, Canvas
  • ColourYellow, Green, Red
  • MotifsFloral bouquet, Acanthus leaf scrollwork, Pomegranate detail

These two eighteenth-century French needlework textile panels comprise a chair seat and back worked in wool and silk on a yellow ground. The design incorporates pomegranates, pineapples, exotic fruits, flowers, and acanthus leaves, with a large scallop shell on the back panel, showing restorations. The colours include yellow, green, and red, with visible wear to the edges of the canvas. The back panel measures 60 cm high by 58 cm wide, and the seat panel measures 43 cm deep by 66 cm wide. They suit interior placement above a sideboard in an English country house interior, displayed flat as decorative historical textile panels.

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During the eighteenth century, hand-stitched needlework panels were crafted using wool and silk threads on heavy canvas backings to upholster chair seats and backs, showcasing popular botanical and classical patterns of the period.

These upholstery panels were stitched using dyed wool yarn and silk thread onto a durable linen or hemp canvas ground, utilising techniques such as tent stitch, gros point, and petit point.

Authentic eighteenth-century needlework exhibits hand-spun threads with slight irregularities, subtle fading from historical vegetable dyes, hand-stitched linen backings, and characteristic age-appropriate wear.

Unmounted needlework panels can be conservation-framed as wall art, displayed inside box frames on console tables, or repurposed as decorative accent cushions for modern seating.

Keep historical needlework out of direct sunlight and environments with fluctuating humidity, vacuum gently through a mesh screen to remove surface dust, and consult a professional textile conservator for deep cleaning.
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