John W. Griffiths Armchair
Credit LineGift of Margaret Griffiths, 1994
Object number1994.005.001
Label TextNoted London photographer and china painter, John Howard Griffiths (1826-1898) gave this armchair to his son, John William Howard Griffiths (1875-1953), as a 21st birthday gift. Perhaps this seems a strange gift to you. But John senior was communicating something important to his son. With this present of a type of chair that signified status and prestige, he acknowledged that John junior had reached adulthood.
NameArmchair
