Richardson & Son, Hull - an ash and elm Windsor armchair, wi...

Hammer

£190

Richardson & Son, Hull - an ash and elm Windsor armchair, with pierced splat and turned legs, stamped label to the underside.
Richardson and Sons was the largest and most prestigious furniture maker in nineteenth-century Hull. The founder Thomas Richardson claimed to have started the business in 1812. By 1903 Richardson and Sons had been appointed upholsterers to King Edward VII. They undertook major projects in Hull, including furnishing the Council Chamber of the New Town Hall in 1863. The mayor's and doorkeeper's chairs made by Richardson and Sons for the Town Hall are still preserved in Hull Museums' collections. In 1854 they made three ornately carved and gilded softwood chairs for Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales to use during their visit to Hull. The company is not listed after 1915.