Lot Essay
Two pairs of similar chairs were sold by His Excellency Ilhamy Hussein Pacha, Ader Tajan, Paris, 15 March 1993, lots 346 and 368.
17TH CENTURY
Details
A WALNUT OPEN ARMCHAIR
17th Century
The rectangular padded back and seat covered in light-green velvet, with spirally-turned arms, terminating in wrapped acanthus, on spirally-turned supports, on spirally-turned legs joined by conforming stretchers, on bun feet, later blocks, possibly re-railed
17th Century
The rectangular padded back and seat covered in light-green velvet, with spirally-turned arms, terminating in wrapped acanthus, on spirally-turned supports, on spirally-turned legs joined by conforming stretchers, on bun feet, later blocks, possibly re-railed
Literature
G.W. Whiteman (ed.), 'Ludstone Hall, Claverley, Shropshire', The Antique Collector, London, December 1965-January 1966, p. 236 (shown in situ in the Staircase Hall).