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MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

BY MAPLE AND CO., IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE

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MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
By Maple and Co., in the manner of Thomas Hope
The scrolled tablet toprail carved with central floral patera flanked by shells within rectangular panels, above a star splat, flanked by panelled and curved arms, on ring-turned baluster supports above a caned seat with reeded seat-rail on an X-frame base joined by ring-turned stretchers stamped to the underside 'MAPLE & CO', the back left leg with restored break

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The department store, Maple and Co. based in Tottenham Court Road, London, sold contemporary and antique domestic furniture. The modern furniture was often made by local suppliers. This chair, with its reeded X-frame relates to a design illustrated in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1807, pl. 22.