A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT X-FRAMED ARMCHAIR

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A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT X-FRAMED ARMCHAIR
The shaped and arched back flanked by faceted outscrolled arms, on faceted arched splayed legs joined by shaped stretchers, the underside inscribed in white paint '33/3560', extensive restorations and replacements, the stretchers and front-right leg replaced, possibly Flemish

Provenance

The Parker Knoll records state that this chair was acquired from Clifford in 1919, for £11.10.0.

Exhibited

London, Phillips, The Frederick Parker Collection, 2-27 August, 1996, p. 17, no. 9.

Lot Essay

This chair form, with its volute-scrolled arms, relates to those of a suite of japanned chairs from the Duke of Leeds Collection, illustrated in R. Edwards The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1924, vol. 1, pl. XV.

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