Lot Essay
This folding pattern of chair, no doubt, evolved from the celebrated 'Glastonbury' chair illustrated by Henry Shaw in his, Specimens of Ancient Furniture, 1836
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A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC CHAIR by Robert Bennett, the shaped padded back and seat covered in crimson damask, the scrolled, hinged arms converting the chair into a prie-dieu, upon X-shaped end-supports, labelled to the underside ROBERT BENNETT Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer & Undertaker COLDSTREAM