Arts and Crafts Chairs for the Savoy Hotel

These chairs were made by the top cabinet making firm of Collinson and Lock. The design for this ladderback chair is often associated with T.E.Colcutt . This chairs design was used in the Pinafore room at the Savoy Hotel , London . A photograph of a chair at the Savoy Hotel in 1900 supports this . Please see ; Collinson and Lock by Clive Edwards p195. A journal of Decorative Arts Design History Volume 19 number two p255-281 . The seats were either upholstered , rush seats or cane seats .