Rush-seated settle in turned, ebonised wood frame. This settle is an extended version of a single chair, widely attributed to the designer Philip Webb in the early 1860s. It was manufactured by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co. and continuously produced by Morris & Co. until the twentieth century. The full range included this three-seater settle as well as armchairs and armless chairs. The name ‘Sussex’ chair can be attributed to Morris’s biographer J.W. Mackail who commented that the chair was adapted from a country chair found in Sussex.
