Lot Essay
Cf. a chair from Boughton House, Northamptonshire, which is illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., 1954, vol.I, p.262, fig.110.
Details
A MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR with arched padded back and shaped seat covered in gros and petit-point floral needlework in wool and silk, the moulded arm-supports and X-frame joined by curved stretchers, restorations
Provenance
Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 17 November 1988, lot 117A.