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CIRCA 1710
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A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND BEECH WING ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1710
Upholstered in 18th century gros and petit point needlework, the seat depicting a woman in crimson robe with birds and dogs in landscape, the back with the young David before King Solomon, on cabriole legs joined by a turned H-shaped stretcher, square back legs
CIRCA 1710
Upholstered in 18th century gros and petit point needlework, the seat depicting a woman in crimson robe with birds and dogs in landscape, the back with the young David before King Solomon, on cabriole legs joined by a turned H-shaped stretcher, square back legs
Provenance
With Lionel Harris, Jr., 'Kent House', London.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1955.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1955.
Literature
Art Treasures Exhibition, catalogue, B.A.D.A., Christie's, London, 1932, no. 51, opp. p. 13. (with Lionel Harris, Jr., 'Kent House', London).
M. Jourdain, 'Easy chairs of the late XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries', Apollo, October 1941, pp. 81-83, fig. II.
H. Comstock, 'English Furniture', Antiques, May 1955, p. 398, fig. 1.
Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture with some furniture from other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958, pl. 56, fig. 79, p. 21.
M. Heckscher, In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America, 1971-1972, p. 13, no. 15.
Highlights of the Untermyer Collection of English and Continental Decorative Arts, New York, 1977, pp. 71-72, no. 122.
M. Jourdain, 'Easy chairs of the late XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries', Apollo, October 1941, pp. 81-83, fig. II.
H. Comstock, 'English Furniture', Antiques, May 1955, p. 398, fig. 1.
Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture with some furniture from other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958, pl. 56, fig. 79, p. 21.
M. Heckscher, In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America, 1971-1972, p. 13, no. 15.
Highlights of the Untermyer Collection of English and Continental Decorative Arts, New York, 1977, pp. 71-72, no. 122.
Exhibited
London, Christie's, British Antique Dealers' Association, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1932, no. 51.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, English Domestic Needlework of the VI, VII and VIII Centuries, 5 November-2 December 1945.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America, 24 November 1971-30 January 1972, no. 15.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, English Domestic Needlework of the VI, VII and VIII Centuries, 5 November-2 December 1945.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America, 24 November 1971-30 January 1972, no. 15.