Seat Covers Upholstery
Woven silk, and hand embroidered needlework covers using coloured wools and silks became increasingly important on seat furniture - settees, chairs and stools. The covers were often more time consuming to produce than the chairs themselves. Fine examples of embroidered upholstery often combined gros point and petit point stitches to create elaborate designs. The harmony between a chair with original period and purpose-designed covers produces a wonderful pairing. We specialize in acquiring eighteenth century needlework covers for seat furniture where the original upholstery has since been lost or worn away.
Pair Needlework Upholstery Panels
Price on application
Embroidered in gros point and petit point
England, 18th Century
Back: 2ft 2in width x 2ft 4in width
0.66m x 0.71m
Seat: 2ft 8in width x 2ft 3in depth
0.81m x 0.69m
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Pair Needlework Upholstery Panels
SOLD
England, circa 1750
Back: 2ft 0in width x 2ft 5in height
0.61m x 0.74m
Seat: 2ft 5in width x 2ft 1in depth
0.74 x 0.64m
