Lot 122
122
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A MATCHED PAIR OF ANGLO-DUTCH MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC WING-BACKED OPEN ARMCHAIRS, each with hinged rectangular padded back and hinged seat with drop-in cushion covered in later brown leather, the waved toprail centred by a foliate finial, with scroll arms and on cabriole legs and pad feet, opening to become a daybed, mid-18th Century, restorations, one with repairs to back legs and damage to one foot, the other with repair to one back foot

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A MATCHED PAIR OF ANGLO-DUTCH MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC WING-BACKED OPEN ARMCHAIRS, each with hinged rectangular padded back and hinged seat with drop-in cushion covered in later brown leather, the waved toprail centred by a foliate finial, with scroll arms and on cabriole legs and pad feet, opening to become a daybed, mid-18th Century, restorations, one with repairs to back legs and damage to one foot, the other with repair to one back foot
84¼in. (214cm.) long, extended (2)

Lot Essay

A related mahogany chair at Padworth House, Buckinghamshire, is illustrated in R. Edwards, Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 269, fig. 14. A single chair of very similar model was sold in these Rooms, 15 November 1990, lot 50

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