A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN STYLE PADOUK ARMCHAIRS

AFTER A DESIGN BY JOHN C. LOUDON, LATE 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN STYLE PADOUK ARMCHAIRS
After a design by John C. Loudon, late 20th century
Each with scrolled rectangular deep-buttoned padded back, seat and arms covered in close-nailed brown leather, with downscrolled arm-supports, on X-frame legs to each side, filled with carved foliage, with brass caps and casters (2)

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Please note that the correct description for this lot should read:
A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN STYLE PADOUK ARMCHAIRS
After a Design By John C. Loudon

Lot Essay

These chairs are based on a design published by John Loudon for 'easy reclining chairs for a library, parlour, or other sitting-room'. Loudon illustrated two chair designs, which he described as 'covered with morocco leather, with button tufts', in his Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London, 1839, p. 1057, fig. 1911.

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