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FORD MADOX BROWN (1821-1893) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) FOR MORRIS & CO. ARTS AND CRAFTS ‘SUSSEX’ ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1875 ebonised beech, with rush seat (59cm wide 90cm high 54.5cm deep) Note: Morris & Co.’s celebrated Sussex chair was originally designed around 1860 and sold in large numbers from the late 1860s. The form of this immensely popular piece takes its inspiration from a late-Georgian armchair discovered in Sussex, which is particularly visible in the turned frame and rush seat. The artist, Ford Madox Brown, was one of the original partners in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., the firm founded by William Morris and his friends in 1861. Although not known as a furniture designer, it is thought he suggested this version of the Sussex range, which was also sold as a side chair.