AFTER A DESIGN BY JOHN LOUDON, ONE WILLIAM IV AND CIRCA 1830-35,THE OTHER A MODERN COPY

These chairs are based on a design published by John Loudon for 'easy reclining chairs for a library, parlour, or other sitting-room'. Loudon illustrated two chair designs, which he described as 'covered with morocco leather, with button tufts', in his Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London, 1839, p. 1057, fig. 1911.

A single period example of this model was sold, Christie's New York, 24 January 2001, lot 322 ($15,000).