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Dining room chair from the Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster, Holland & Sons|Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1859, Carv…
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Chair

Dining room chair from the Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster

Holland & Sons|Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin · 1859

Medium
Carved oak, upholstered in modern stamped and gilded red leather
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 39 1/2 × 17 3/4 × 22 in. (100.3 × 45.1 × 55.9 cm)
Accession
2015.638
Credit line
Purchase, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 2015
Culture
British
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