CIRCA 1835

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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY HALL ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1835
With foliage-carved shield-shaped back centred by a crest of a ducally-gorged swan's head holding a key, with scrolled arms and supports, on turned tapering reeded legs, indistinctly inscribed 'maho ... 1847 Ar ... 70'

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Lot Essay

The chair, with Roman sarcophagus-scrolled back and reed-enriched leg, relates to a hall chair pattern popularised by J. C. Loudon's. Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture, 1833, no. 1860.

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