A MATCHED PAIR OF SCOTTISH LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EASY ARMCHAIRS

BY JOHN TAYLOR & SON, EDINBURGH, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED PAIR OF SCOTTISH LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY EASY ARMCHAIRS
By John Taylor & Son, Edinburgh, late 19th century
Each with rectangular padded back, side, arms, and seat covered in close-nailed dark-red leather, the back and seat deep-buttoned, on ring-turned legs with later brass casters, one back leg stamped John Taylor & Son/Manufacturers/Edinburgh and S4944, one back leg of the other chair stamped CBS3680 (2)

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John Taylor started business in 1826, and his son entered the firm about 1860. In 1852, they were appointed cabinet-makers and upholsterers in ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen at Edinburgh, and were favorably mentioned at the International Exhibition of 1862, ranking alongside Whytoch & Reid as Edinburgh's leading cabinet-makers. They traded from Gardener's Crescent from circa 1857 to 1948, finally closing in 1968.

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