Chaise Lounge
Description
Has a wooden frame, a gold velvet covered seat and back, a curving front, turned panels - front and back - turned front legs and plain black legs, and all legs riding on castors. Embedded buttons on backrest.
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Made
in
England
about
1860,
this
chaise
lounge
belonged
to
Captain
Henry
King
who
lived
at
Brooklands.
Although
his
house
burnt
down
during
the
First
Taranaki
War
in
1861,
the
brick
fireplace
can
still
be
seen
in
Pukekura
Park.
The
design
of
this
chaise
lounge
is
an
example
of
the
growing
popularity
for
rococo
period
furniture
in
England.
Captain
King’s
chaise
lounge
would
be
very
similar
to
furniture
that
the
Richmond
family
owned
and
used
in
this
cottage.
Accession number
A64.792
Collection type
Material
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