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Its form epitomizes the design tensions of nineteenth-century England, mixing medieval gothic-style pierced tracery or window ornament with the form of a modern chair. Such a chair had no precedent in the middle ages, though its robust proportions and ornament, designed by an architect rather than furniture maker, enhanced the ambiance of the so-called <em>Armour Hall<\/em> for which it was made.<\/p>\n<p>Surrounded by walls hung with armor and weapons delicately lit by candles in iron sconces, there is no wonder that dinner guests who sat in these chairs in the 1840s were besot by the gothic mood. Lampooned by some and celebrated by others, Brougham Hall was a \u201cmodern antique.\u201d Ironically, despite their medieval overtones, these chairs commissioned for the hall were among the very first pieces of furniture to be machine-carved with the modern advantage of a steam-powered engine.<\/p>\n","short_description":null,"dimensions":"104.8 \u00d7 55.9 \u00d7 57.2 cm (41 1\/4 \u00d7 22 \u00d7 22 1\/2 in.)","dimensions_detail":[{"depth":57,"width":55,"height":104,"diameter":null,"clarification":null}],"medium_display":"Oak and beechwood with later velvet upholstery","inscriptions":null,"credit_line":"Gift of Patricia and Martin Levy in memory of Elizabeth Seebeck","catalogue_display":null,"publication_history":null,"exhibition_history":null,"provenance_text":"Commissioned by William Brougham and Henry Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux, Brougham Hall, Westmorland, England, 1844 [one of twenty chairs Samuel Luke Pratt delivered to Lord William Brougham on August 6, 1844, according to Lord Brougham\u2019s contemporaneous diary entry]; by descent to the Barons of Brougham and Vaux, 1868 to 1932. Probably sold Garland Smith and Co., Mount Street, London, June 21, 1932, possibly lot 929 or 930. H. Blairman and Sons, London, by 1991. 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