The Shelburne Armchair – Whiskey Leather
British Prime Minister 1782-1783
Our Victorian influenced Shelburne has become one of our most iconic and popular pieces.
The 2nd Earl of Shelburne, William Petty-Fitzmaurice, didn’t spend a great amount of time in office – just eight months to be precise. A coalition Government formed and the Opposition soon oversaw Shelburne’s resignation, however his tenure wasn’t without recognition. Shelburne was a large contributor in bringing an end to the American War of Independence. His part in the ‘Peace of Paris’, alongside French under-secretary of state Joseph Matthais Gérard de Rayneval, proved to be his major achievement whilst in power.
Named after Shelburne, our beautifully crafted chair offers a soothing sanctuary to embrace that very peace.
The protruding seat almost pleads to be sat in and offers great character to this courteous, gentleman’s piece. This particular example has been covered hand dyed in stunning whiskey tan. A slightly higher back to our standard Shelburne, finishing at a beautifully over sized 40″. The gentleman’s club style turned legs give the chair bags of additional character, perfect for any room.
It’s everything you need in a chair, comfortable, snazzy and personal.
35″ wide x 43″ deep x 40″ high
Be-spoke sizes available
Select your pricing and style
As we offer unlimited leather and fabric options please feel free to place your order and email us with the colour of the piece you love the most from our website, every style is available in every colour!
You can also use our full design service from the ground up
Crafting Manner 1
Our Manner 1 is identical to those of the 19th Century
The seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung, with 8 point hand tied loose coil steel springs. This helps the build stay strong and never lose it's shapes.
Only using natural materials, the fillings consist of horse tail and coconut fibre before being lined with organic lambswool.
Each and every fixing is hand tacked and the solid beechwood Tenon Jointed frame sits on our beautiful hand turned Walnut legs
Our Manner 1 also comes with the finest hand dyed British leather or an alternative pre-dyed leather or fabric of your choice.*
Our Manner 1 is amongst the world's finest hand crafted furniture and takes up to a month to craft.
Crafting Manner 2
Our Manner 2 is almost identical to our Manner 1 but not fully band tracked. In this instance we hand tack the seat and outside leathers.
The seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung. With 8 point hand tied loose coil steel springs. This helps the build stay strong and never lose it's shape.
Only using natural materials, the fillings consist of horse tail and coconut fibre before being lined with lambswool.
The solid beechwood tenon jointed frame sits on our beautiful hand turned Oak legs.
Our Manner 2 also comes with the finest hand dyed leather or an alternative or an alternative pre-dyed leather or fabric of your choice.*
Our Manner 2 is amongst the world's finest hand crafted furniture and takes up to a month to craft.
Crafting Manner 3
Our Manner 3 option is a blend between the traditionally crafted 19th century pieces, and an ever so slightly modern approach.
Just like our Manner 2, the seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung using 8 point and tied loose coil steel springs.
The key difference between our Manner 2 and 3 is that we use a rubberised hair and loose horse hair to fill. We will also staple the fixings in place of the hand tacked technique. However we do still hand tack the outer leathers.
He beechwood frame is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.
This option comes with hand dyed Italian/Scandinavian leather or a pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice.*
Our Manner 3 option remains one of the finest crafted pieces of furniture.
Crafting Manner 4
Our Manner 4 offers two options which offer key elements of the various approaches to traditional craftsmanship.
Option 1
The seat is fully loose coil sprung using 8-point hand tied loose coil steel springs, however the back and arms are not. We then use a rubberised hair and loose horse hair to fill.
Option 2
The seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung using 8 point hand tied loose coil steel springs. We use a medium density foam and line the inside with pure cotton felt.
We will also staple the fixings in place of the hand tacked technique. However we do not still hand tack the outer leathers..*
The beechwood frame for both options is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.
This option comes with a hand dyed Italian/Scandinavian leather or a pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice.*
Manner 4 is a great option to blend the elements of the more traditional crafting techniques.
Crafting Manner 5
Our Manner 5 option is the slightly modern approach to traditional craftsmanship.
The seat is fully loose coil sprung using 8-point hand tied loose coil steel springs (not to be confused with the 'sprung units'), however the back and arms are not.
We use a medium density foam and line the inside with our cotton felt.
The beechwood frame is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.
This option comes with hand dyed Italian/Scandinavian leather or a pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice.*
Manner 5 is our modern approach to crafting yet still un-paralleled in terms of the high street of specialists.
Crafting Manner 6
Our crafting 6 is certainly our most modern crating option.
The seat is either webbed or we use serpentine springs. Fillings are a very good medium density foam and line the inside with cotton felts.
The beechwood frame is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.
This option comes with pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice (fabric up to £40/m).
| Crafting Manner |
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| Single Chair | £2,129.00 Add to cart | £2,799.00 Add to cart | £3,249.00 Add to cart | £3,699.00 Add to cart | £4,479.00 Add to cart | £5,599.00 Add to cart |
| Two Seater (70") | £3,699.00 Add to cart | £5,199.00 Add to cart | £6,379.00 Add to cart | £7,999.00 Add to cart | £12,899.00 Add to cart | £15,899.00 Add to cart |
| Three Seater (80") | £3,999.00 Add to cart | £5,579.00 Add to cart | £6,719.00 Add to cart | £8,499.00 Add to cart | £13,499.00 Add to cart | £16,799.00 Add to cart |
| Four Seater (90") | £4,399.00 Add to cart | £5,959.00 Add to cart | £7,069.00 Add to cart | £8,999.00 Add to cart | £14,099.00 Add to cart | £17,699.00 Add to cart |
| Five Seater (100") | £4,699.00 Add to cart | £6,339.00 Add to cart | £7,419.00 Add to cart | £9,499.00 Add to cart | £14,699.00 Add to cart | £18,599.00 Add to cart |
| Victorian Porters Chair | £3,299.00 Add to cart | £4,799.00 Add to cart | £5,699.00 Add to cart | £6,999.00 Add to cart | £11,499.00 Add to cart | £13,999.00 Add to cart |
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