Lot Essay
The design for this chair is drawn from the plates of 'Ribband back chairs' and 'French chairs' from Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet Makers Director
Details
A mahogany open armchair, late 19th century
Decorated with foliate carvings, with an undulating top-rail and pierced ribbon tied splat, the outswept arms above a serpentine seat upholstered in floral yellow silk damask, on cabriole legs carved with scales and terminating in stylised dolphin mask feet
Decorated with foliate carvings, with an undulating top-rail and pierced ribbon tied splat, the outswept arms above a serpentine seat upholstered in floral yellow silk damask, on cabriole legs carved with scales and terminating in stylised dolphin mask feet
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