A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN REVIVAL CARVED FRUITWOOD AND INLAID SIDE CHAIRS**

ENGLISH, CIRCA 1880

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A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN REVIVAL CARVED FRUITWOOD AND INLAID SIDE CHAIRS**
English, circa 1880
Each chair realistically carved to represent the egyptian god Nubis, the feet carved to resemble paws, overall inlaid with various colored fruitwoods and ivory
37in. (94in. ) high (2)

Lot Essay

cf. Pauline Agius, British Furniture 1880-1915, 1978, p.83, pl. 95 for a period illustration of a sofa with similar decoration; Frank Russell, ed., A Century of Chair Design, 1980, p. 21, fig. 3 for an illustration of an armchair with similar decoration.