Child’s Orkney Chair C.1910.

Name: Child’s Orkney Chair C.1910.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA716932
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Collinge Antiques

Description

Delightful little example of the classic straw back Orkney armchair c.1910. Shaped oat straw backrest and pine frame (stained green on the underside) jointed together with large round headed screws. Simple carved detail to the arms, a board seat and tapering legs. Presented as found, with some woodworm damage (most obvious to the feet) and missing the top two rows of straw from the backrest, otherwise good original condition.

Dimensions: width 20", depth 17", height 30".

The Orkney chair with it’s distinctive straw back became an icon of the Arts and Crafts movement. A vernacular form forced on the islanders by a lack of useable timber. Produced on a commercial scale from 1870 in the workshop of David Kirkness in Kirkwall, they were retailed by Liberty & Co. and were to be found in the homes of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Edward VII.

Physical Dimensions

Height

76cm (29.92")

Width

51cm (20.08")

Depth

43cm (16.93")

Declaration

Collinge Antiques has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA716932

Dealers Internal Reference

34143

Dealers Notes

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Description

Delightful little example of the classic straw back Orkney armchair c.1910.

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Shaped oat straw backrest and pine frame (stained green on the underside) jointed together with large round headed screws.

Collinge Antiques

Simple carved detail to the arms, a board seat and tapering legs. Presented as found, with some woodworm damage (most obvious to the feet) and missing the top two rows of straw from the backrest, otherwise good original condition.

fig 1. Child’s Orkney Chair c.1910. — fig 1. Child’s Orkney Chair C.1910.

Dimensions: width 20", depth 17", height 30".

The Orkney chair with it’s distinctive straw back became an icon of the Arts and Crafts movement. A vernacular form forced on the islanders by a lack of useable timber. Produced on a commercial scale from 1870 in the workshop of David Kirkness in Kirkwall, they were retailed by Liberty & Co. and were to be found in the homes of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Edward VII.