Lot 66
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An Irish Victorian oak armchair
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An Irish Victorian oak armchair

BY STRAHAN & CO., DUBLIN

Details
An Irish Victorian oak armchair
By Strahan & Co., Dublin
The rectangular padded back, arms and seat covered in close-nailed buttoned brown leather, with spirally-turned arm supports and ring-turned front legs with brass caps and ceramic castors, the back-swept rear legs with brass castors, the back castors stamped "Lewtys Patent", below a crown, the back right leg stamped "Strahan & Co. 27440", the upholstery distressed, the seat springing damaged
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A pattern for a related Gothic or Elizabethan library chair featured in Lorenzo Booth's Exhibition Book of Original Designs for Furniture, 1864 (E. T. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, p. 161). Robert Strahan & Co. 'Manufacturers, Auctioneers and Valuators', were listed at 24 Henry Street, Dublin in the 1860s and were exhibitors at the 1864 Dublin Exhibition. (The Knight of Glin, 'Dublin Directories and Trade Labels', Furniture History, 1985, pp. 258-271).

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