Lot 17
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A REGENCY ELM AND FRUITWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR, the deeply-curved back with rectangular supports and saddle seat, on sabre legs joined by X-shaped turned stretchers

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A REGENCY ELM AND FRUITWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR, the deeply-curved back with rectangular supports and saddle seat, on sabre legs joined by X-shaped turned stretchers

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This provincial form of 'Grecian' chair derives from the Parisian chaise en gondole of the 1790's which first appeared in England in the London Cabinet-makers and Carver's Book of Prices of the early 1800's.

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