A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT ARMCHAIRS

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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT ARMCHAIRS
EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Each yoke-form back with a shaped solid splat above a drop-in seat upholstered in striated ivory silk, with outscrolled arms, on turned legs headed by foliage with pad feet (2)

Lot Essay

An armchair of similar outline is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (illustrated in D. Fitz-Gerald, ed., Georgian Furniture, rev. ed., 1969, fig. 38); a set of eight similar dining-chairs were sold at Christie's London, 9 April 1987, lot 45.