Chair

Description

Heraldic hall chair painted with the arms of Alexander Maconochie-Welwood, Lord Meadowbank, after a design by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder: Scottish, c. 1835

Museum reference

K.1999.217

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Chair

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1835

Materials

Elm

Physical description

Elm; beech; iron; painted

Associations

Dick Lauder, Thomas, Sir, 7th Baronet, of Fountainhall, 1784 - 1848
Previous owner: Maconochie-Welwood, Alexander, Lord Meadowbank, 1777 - 1861
Meadowbank House, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Joseph Rock, `A Pair of Scottish Hall Chairs` in Furniture History, 1995, Vol. XXXI, p.206 - 9 (illustrated)