Contact Seller
Doe And Hope
Tel07729 213013Please quote Antiques Atlas.
Victorian Leather Chesterfield Captain's Armchair
19th C Red Brown Leather Wing Armchair
Pair of Mahogany Chippendale Style Arm Chairs
Chair huge Victorian wingback new upholstery c1880
19th C Brown Leather Wing Armchair
18th Century Oak Childs Wainscot Chair
Antique Captain's Bow Oak Seat Smokers Chair Stamp
Edwardian Mahogany Wingchair
Antique French Carved Gilt Wood Armchair
Large French open armchairs
Antique Victorian Leather and Mahogany Armchair
French Painted Bergere Boudoir Chair
Non UK callers :
+44 7729 213013
Fine 19thC Gothic Revival Oak Ceremonial Armchair
The ecclesiastically inspired ceremonial armchair in English oak having a pierced lattice splat with carved rosette roundels, surmounted by a scrolled and pierced ornament with carved rosettes between a reeded framed border with four large cabouchon mouldings, the pierced and attractively shaped Gothically designed open arms to a three plank seat sitting on X-frame legs and stretchers with further roundels, the whole surviving from early Victorian period England and quite possibly designed by 19th-century English architect, designer and artist Richard Bridgens (1785-1846).
The chair is in very good to excellent overall order with a welcome lack of any form of restoration, there are no breakages or repairs to the legs or stretchers which is commonly found on pieces like this. There is a small section of loss to the rear of the x frame leg section though this is the only flaw we can find on the entire chair. The colour is rich and the oak if the best English quality.
Richard Bridgens (1785-1846) was a distinguished antique furniture designer for George Bullock, noted for his Gothic designs for Battle Abbey, the home of Sir Godfrey Vassall Webster. Bridgens is also known for his designs in the Baronial style, which was inspired by Scottish Renaissance architecture and relied on the use of dark, heavily carved woods. He also worked for James Watt furnishing such residences as Aston Hall in Birmingham, and Abbotsford House, home of Sir Walter Scott, whose novels encouraged a romantic view of Scotland bolstered support for the new national architectural style.
Among the pointers to Bridgens work we find on this chair are plate 12 showing a ‘design for an armchair, or sofa, anda couch and footstool’ where the roundels are very similar, plate 16 the ‘marqueterie table’ also show the very same employed and a similar surmount to plate 41 the ‘Elizabethan chair’ showing a similar splat back whilst the pierced Gothic tracery shown in plate 59 in the ‘gothic sofa’ is similar to our example.
All plates from “Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration – Primary Source Edition, Richard Bridgens” of 1833.
This chair simply sings quality, it is truly the best of its type having a wonderfully timeless design, perfect in its balance between simplicity and the ornate, made from the best material, possibly designed by the best and certainly executed by the best of the time.
SellerDoe And Hope
View all stock from
Doe And Hope
Private dealer, By appointment only
The Onion Barn, Shoe Cottage,
15 High Street, Blunham,
Bedfordshire, MK44 3NL.
MK44 3NL
Tel : 07729 213013
Non UK callers : +44 7729 213013
Get directions to Doe And Hope
The chair is in very good to excellent overall order with a welcome lack of any form of restoration, there are no breakages or repairs to the legs or stretchers which is commonly found on pieces like this. There is a small section of loss to the rear of the x frame leg section though this is the only flaw we can find on the entire chair. The colour is rich and the oak if the best English quality.
Richard Bridgens (1785-1846) was a distinguished antique furniture designer for George Bullock, noted for his Gothic designs for Battle Abbey, the home of Sir Godfrey Vassall Webster. Bridgens is also known for his designs in the Baronial style, which was inspired by Scottish Renaissance architecture and relied on the use of dark, heavily carved woods. He also worked for James Watt furnishing such residences as Aston Hall in Birmingham, and Abbotsford House, home of Sir Walter Scott, whose novels encouraged a romantic view of Scotland bolstered support for the new national architectural style.
Among the pointers to Bridgens work we find on this chair are plate 12 showing a ‘design for an armchair, or sofa, anda couch and footstool’ where the roundels are very similar, plate 16 the ‘marqueterie table’ also show the very same employed and a similar surmount to plate 41 the ‘Elizabethan chair’ showing a similar splat back whilst the pierced Gothic tracery shown in plate 59 in the ‘gothic sofa’ is similar to our example.
All plates from “Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration – Primary Source Edition, Richard Bridgens” of 1833.
This chair simply sings quality, it is truly the best of its type having a wonderfully timeless design, perfect in its balance between simplicity and the ornate, made from the best material, possibly designed by the best and certainly executed by the best of the time.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 12/MAY/2025. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer. Phone or visit the website to buy, Free UK shipping.
Category Antique Furniture
> Antique Armchairs
Date c.1830
Early 19th Century Antiques Material Oak
Origin English
Item code as155a1249
Status Sold
£1800.00 
$2376.36 
€2138.58 
$
€
Conversion rates as of 12/MAY/2025. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer. Phone or visit the website to buy, Free UK shipping.
View all stock from
Doe And Hope
Private dealer, By appointment onlyThe Onion Barn, Shoe Cottage,
15 High Street, Blunham,
Bedfordshire, MK44 3NL.
MK44 3NL
Tel : 07729 213013
Non UK callers : +44 7729 213013
Get directions to Doe And Hope
You may also be interested in
Victorian Leather Chesterfield Captain's Armchair
19th C Red Brown Leather Wing Armchair
Pair of Mahogany Chippendale Style Arm Chairs
Chair huge Victorian wingback new upholstery c1880
19th C Brown Leather Wing Armchair
18th Century Oak Childs Wainscot Chair
Antique Captain's Bow Oak Seat Smokers Chair Stamp
Edwardian Mahogany Wingchair
Antique French Carved Gilt Wood Armchair
Large French open armchairs
Antique Victorian Leather and Mahogany Armchair
French Painted Bergere Boudoir Chair