Lot 47
47
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A REGENCY MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR in the manner of George Smith, the pierced back with panelled tablet above a spirally-turned rail, the arms on panther's-mask monopodia supports and naturalistic front legs, on paw feet, one back and one front foot spliced

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR in the manner of George Smith, the pierced back with panelled tablet above a spirally-turned rail, the arms on panther's-mask monopodia supports and naturalistic front legs, on paw feet, one back and one front foot spliced

Lot Essay

Related panther monopodia supports occur throughout George Smith's A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808. A similar cut-away arm-support occurs on a library-chair ibid., pl. 46

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