Master's Chair of the Joiners & Ceilers Company
Made in 1754 by Edward Newman, the Master’s Chair is an important object in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Furniture Gallery. The chair had sustained significant losses to the chair-back, which were recarved and toned to match the original.
Pictured here are the eleven replacement carvings in the unfinished mahogany prior to toning.
A comparison of new and old finials, with the original on the left, and the replacement on the right.
The ‘demy-savage’ crest, with tilting spear.