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Antique Campaign Folding Armchair, Maker: J. Alderman, London, Circa 1870

Offered by: Susan Silver Antiques

Description
Victorian caned satin birch campaign traveling or invalid’s folding armchair with front and rear steel carrying handles that unfold, the legs unscrew from the frame for easy transport and the hand rail is removable. Trigger mechanism in the corner of the arm enables the arms to fold and the caned back to fold flat against the seat. Makers engraved brass label on the lower back of the chair reads: J. Alderman, Inventor, Patentee and Manufacturer, 16 Soho Square, London.

Alderman was already a well know invalid chair, couch and carriage manufacturer when he established an independent business at 16 Soho Square in 1860. Before that he worked for Thomas Chapman, also a manufacturer of invalid chairs, at 6 Denmark Street in Soho. He became Chapman’s partner in 1855 and the firm changed its name to Chapman and Alderman. In 1890 the firm was renamed Alderman, Johnson & Co. and moved to Charing Cross Road and New Oxford Street. In 1903 the company was transferred into John Ward Ltd.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Satin Birch and caning
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	Circa 1870
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Victorian
Dealer Reference #:	7092
Incollect Reference #:	270038

Message from Seller:

Susan Silver Antiques, located in Sheffield, Massachusetts, offers a carefully curated selection of 18th and 19th-century Georgian and Regency furniture and accessories. For inquiries, contact us at 413-229-8169 or susan@susansilverantiques.com.