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Billy

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Good guess...but no.

I'll wait for the answer

But I'm sticking with it being a William Morris chair and I believe it is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum in England. It has a movable back held in place by a metal bar. The chair is oak and the upholstery is velvet. He maynt be the designer, but it is definately of his company.

There in lies a hint. ;-)

Re: There in lies a hint. ;-)

I think you mmight want to go with Gustav so I had to do some additional searching. Pictures can be found under William Morris Chair and at

www.usp.nus.edu.sg/victorian/authors/morris/morisco.html

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Adjustable Chair (Morris Chair)

Manufacturer: Morris and Co.

Height 39 inches

Oak frame with separate cushions upholstered in the 'Squirrel' wool tapestry.

"This chair which is commonly known as the 'Morris' chair was devised from a traditional prototype found by Warington Taylor on the premises of an old carpenter named Ephraim Colman in Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, in about 1866. He enclosed a sketch and description of the chair in a note written to Philip Webb, and the model was adapted for production by the firm of Morris and Co.. It was widely copied, notably by Gustav Stickley in America, and by Liberty & Co. in England, and is usually known in these plagiarized versions as the 'Morris' chair." � Morris and Company

References

Morris and Company. Exhibition catalogue. London: The Fine Art Society with Haslam & Whiteway Ltd., 1979. No. 14.

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For gosh sake Gary, I only have Golden Unis...not platinum! ;-)

The attributions in that information may be correct but possibly a bit mis-leading. I cannot tell for sure. But that chair is most commonly attributed to Philip Webb. How the others actually played into it is hard to say.

None the less, you named the players involved. I commend you for your stick-to-itiveness!

Tom