A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR with arched back, rockwork and foliage cresting, solid vase-shaped splat, shepherd's crook arms and drop-in gros point needlework seat worked with polychrome flowers on a yellow ground, the plain waved seat-rail on cabriole legs carved with scrolls and claw-and-ball feet, one angle bracket probably replaced | Christie's

Lot 65

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR with arched back, rockwork and foliage cresting, solid vase-shaped splat, shepherd's crook arms and drop-in gros point needlework seat worked with polychrome flowers on a yellow ground, the plain waved seat-rail on cabriole legs carved with scrolls and claw-and-ball feet, one angle bracket probably replaced

Details

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR with arched back, rockwork and foliage cresting, solid vase-shaped splat, shepherd's crook arms and drop-in gros point needlework seat worked with polychrome flowers on a yellow ground, the plain waved seat-rail on cabriole legs carved with scrolls and claw-and-ball feet, one angle bracket probably replaced
The seat 24½in. (62cm.) wide; the back 41¼in. (105cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by the mid-1950s

Literature

T. Hughes, 'Early Records of Chair Design', The Antique Review, June 1950, p.10
R.W. Symonds, 'English Rococo Furniture', Country Life Annual, 1954, p.120, pl. 11

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