Liberty & Co ebonised Thebes Chair circa 1880

Re-upholstered in an original Art Nouveau velvet fabric

Liberty’s patented the design of their popular Thebes stool in 1884, and it continued to be sold until about 1919. Egyptian-influenced furniture had also been made in the 1850s by Morris, Faulkner & Co. between 1857 and 1858, and designed during the 1870s by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) and E W Godwin (1833-1886). Courtesy of the V&A.