A Pair of Marsh-Jones & Cribb Chinese Chippendale Armchairs
A pair of upholstered mahogany armchairs in the Chinese Chippendale taste.
Manufactured by Marsh, Jones & Cribb, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Superb quality, crisp carving, excellent original condition.
English 1870-80.
H:94 W:65 D:56 CM (Seat Height 47 cm)
H:37 W:26 D:22.4 INCHES (Seat Height 18.5 inches).
Price is for the pair.
Location: West Bar, Boar Lane and Basinghall Street, Leeds, Yorkshire; cabinet makers and upholsterers (1864-1936).
John Marsh and Edward Jones bought John Kendell’s business at 10 West Bar in 1864 but did not acquire the Boar Lane premises until 1869. Kendell also had a London branch in Cavendish Square.
Henry Humphries Cribb, who had a furnishing business in Soho Square, London, sent his son to Marsh & Jones in Leeds to serve his apprenticeship. This son became a partner in the firm by 1872 and subsequently listed in directories as Marsh, Jones and Cribb.
A pair of upholstered mahogany armchairs in the Chinese Chippendale taste.
Manufactured by Marsh, Jones & Cribb, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Superb quality, crisp carving, excellent original condition.
English 1870-80.
H:94 W:65 D:56 CM (Seat Height 47 cm)
H:37 W:26 D:22.4 INCHES (Seat Height 18.5 inches).
Price is for the pair.
Location: West Bar, Boar Lane and Basinghall Street, Leeds, Yorkshire; cabinet makers and upholsterers (1864-1936).
John Marsh and Edward Jones bought John Kendell’s business at 10 West Bar in 1864 but did not acquire the Boar Lane premises until 1869. Kendell also had a London branch in Cavendish Square.
Henry Humphries Cribb, who had a furnishing business in Soho Square, London, sent his son to Marsh & Jones in Leeds to serve his apprenticeship. This son became a partner in the firm by 1872 and subsequently listed in directories as Marsh, Jones and Cribb.
Description
A pair of upholstered mahogany armchairs in the Chinese Chippendale taste.
Manufactured by Marsh, Jones & Cribb, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Superb quality, crisp carving, excellent original condition.
English 1870-80.
H:94 W:65 D:56 CM (Seat Height 47 cm)
H:37 W:26 D:22.4 INCHES (Seat Height 18.5 inches).
Price is for the pair.
Location: West Bar, Boar Lane and Basinghall Street, Leeds, Yorkshire; cabinet makers and upholsterers (1864-1936).
John Marsh and Edward Jones bought John Kendell’s business at 10 West Bar in 1864 but did not acquire the Boar Lane premises until 1869. Kendell also had a London branch in Cavendish Square.
Henry Humphries Cribb, who had a furnishing business in Soho Square, London, sent his son to Marsh & Jones in Leeds to serve his apprenticeship. This son became a partner in the firm by 1872 and subsequently listed in directories as Marsh, Jones and Cribb.
