拍品專文
A SIMILAR CHAIR IS ILLUSTRATED IN DR. B COTTON THE ENGLISH REGIONAL CHAIR, WOODBRIDGE, 1990, PAGE 370, FIGURE NW182 AND IS STAMPED BY IT'S MAKER C. LEICESTER OF MACCLESFIELD (FL.1816-60). THE CHAIRS IN THIS LOT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS MAKER DUE TO THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE MODEL, INCLUDING THE USE OF MULTIPLE TURNED BARS, THE FRONT LEGS TERMINATING IN A TOE AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THE TWIN CURVED FRONT STRETCHERS.