A William IV mahogany reclining library armchair

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A William IV mahogany reclining library armchair
upholstered in red fabric, the buttoned reclining back with winged sides, above padded arms with downscrolled arm terminals, on carved ring-turned tapering legs raised on brass caps and castors, stamped twice G. Minter. 33. Gerrard St. Soho. WR Patent 524
Literature
George Minter, London, is recorded at the above address between 1835-50; trading as 'Patantee of the self-acting chair', see Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Maney, 1986, p.612

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