Lot Essay
The unusual and distinctive design of the stretcher is inspired by contemporary 'Indian' or Japanese and Chinese lacquer cabinets-on-stands, whose stands often display a lotus-leg central ornament.
.jpg?w=1)
CIRCA 1715
Details
A QUEEN ANNE WALNUT OPEN ARMCHAIR
Circa 1715
With a cartouche-shaped padded back within a plain surround with scrolled cresting and with oval seat, each with drop-in panel of contemporary Georgian gros point floral needlework on a yellow ground with outscrolling arms on cabriole legs ending in pointed pad feet joined by a lotus-leg capped shaped X-form stretcher
Circa 1715
With a cartouche-shaped padded back within a plain surround with scrolled cresting and with oval seat, each with drop-in panel of contemporary Georgian gros point floral needlework on a yellow ground with outscrolling arms on cabriole legs ending in pointed pad feet joined by a lotus-leg capped shaped X-form stretcher
Provenance
Purchased from Hotspur Ltd., London in 1966 (1,290).