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A MID-VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ADJUSTABLE DAYBED by J. Alderman

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A MID-VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ADJUSTABLE DAYBED by J. Alderman

The foot-rest, arms and squab cushions upholstered in floral brown cotton, the mechanical back and leg support with iron framework on turned baluster legs, with brass castors and iron feet, with engraved brass plaque J ALDERMAN Inventor, Patentee & Manufacturer 16, Soho Square, LONDON
89in. (226cm.) long; 27in. (68.5cm.) high; 42in. (107cm.) deep, fully extended

拍品专文

J. Alderman, inventor and manufacturer, who established his Soho Square manufactury around 1840, illustrated his patent adjustable Gecian couch of this pattern in a London Directory of 1861 (see G. Walkling, 'For the Comfort of Invalids', Connoisseur, December 1979, p.262)