CIRCA 1815, AFTER THE DESIGN BY MORGAN AND SAUNDERS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC LIBRARY OPEN ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1815, AFTER THE DESIGN BY MORGAN AND SAUNDERS
Reeded overall, the shaped tablet toprail above scrolled arms on sabre legs, hinged to form library steps with later inset green baize, the caned seat with later black buttoned-leather squab cushion
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This metamorphic armchair corresponds to a design first published in Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts, July 1811 and captioned 'This ingenious piece of furniture is manufactured at Messrs. Morgan and Saunders's, Catherine-St. Strand' (P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture & Interiors, Marlborough, 1984, p. 60, pl. 29). The chair was 'considered the best and handsomest article ever yet invented, where two complete pieces of furniture are combined in one - an elegant and truly comfortable armchair and a set of library steps'.

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