Lot Essay
Similar chairs were made to the specification of the famous surgeon and anatomist Sir Astley Paston Cooper (d. 1841).
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CIRCA 1815
Details
A REGENCY GREEN-PAINTED CHILD'S POSTURE CHAIR
CIRCA 1815
With caned seat and X-splat, retaining original paint
38½ in. (98 cm.) high
CIRCA 1815
With caned seat and X-splat, retaining original paint
38½ in. (98 cm.) high
Provenance
The Berkeley Family, Spetchley Park, Worcestershire.
Purchased by Roger Warner on 12 July 1989.
Purchased by Roger Warner on 12 July 1989.
Literature
Roger Warner, Memoirs of a Twentieth Century Antique Dealer, RFS, 2003, page 97. fig. 39.
Exhibited
'Childhood', A Loan Exhibition, Sotheby's London, 2-27 November 1988. no. 343.
'Common Furniture', A Loan Exhibition, Temple Newsam, Leeds, 19 August- 18 September 1982, item 64.
'Common Furniture', A Loan Exhibition, Temple Newsam, Leeds, 19 August- 18 September 1982, item 64.
Special notice
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