IN THE GEORGE I STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details

An English library reading chair
In the George I style, early 20th Century
The padded, U-shaped arm-rests with swivel drawers for writing equipment, tapering padded back and balloon-shaped seat covered in close-nailed green imitation leather, the back with a hinged rectangular, ratcheted writing surface, the seatrail centred by a drawer, on cabriole legs with sunken caps and castors

Provenance

Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. D-39).

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Lot Essay

These chairs first appeared in the early 18th century but were still manufactured almost a century later. A chair of this type is illustrated in Thomas Sheraton The Cabinet Directory (London 1803) on plate 41. By repute Lord Angelsy used a pair of these chairs when serving with Wellington at Waterloo.

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