Lot 218
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A PAIR OF GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED INDIAN ROSEWOOD, HOLLY AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY, MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
A PAIR OF GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED INDIAN ROSEWOOD, HOLLY AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY, MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
A PAIR OF GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED INDIAN ROSEWOOD, HOLLY AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY, MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED INDIAN ROSEWOOD, HOLLY AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY, MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY LENYGON & MORANT, AFTER THE MODEL BY JOHN LINNELL

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A PAIR OF GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED INDIAN ROSEWOOD, HOLLY AND SYCAMORE MARQUETRY, MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BY LENYGON & MORANT, AFTER THE MODEL BY JOHN LINNELL
Each lyre-shaped back centred with gilt-metal figural plaque, the downswept arms above a caned serpentine seat with squab cushion, on square tapering legs and sabots
35 ¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 24 ½ in. (62.5 cm.) wide; 23 ½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay


This pair of armchairs, with festive 'Grecian lyre' backs, is after the model attributed to Berkeley Square cabinet-maker and upholsterer, John Linnell (d. 1796), who was commissioned to design a set of ormolu-mounted library chairs for Osterley Park (H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, vol. II). A similar set of twelve armchairs was commissioned by Mallett in the 20th century.



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