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Lot Essay
This chair is almost centainly from the set of six hall chairs illustrated in M. Harris and Sons, A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, part III, n.d. (circa 1920), p.404, F11073.
The maker of this chair is probably William Latham Huxley of Liverpool who is recorded in 1822 as apprentice to Park Lane cabinet-maker Thomas Croft Huxley (active 1812-39) (see G. Beard & C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, 1986, p.469). As the chairs prominent use of neoclassic motifs would appear to date from twenty years earlier, it is possible that the cabinet-maker was also realtive of Huxley's.
The maker of this chair is probably William Latham Huxley of Liverpool who is recorded in 1822 as apprentice to Park Lane cabinet-maker Thomas Croft Huxley (active 1812-39) (see G. Beard & C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, 1986, p.469). As the chairs prominent use of neoclassic motifs would appear to date from twenty years earlier, it is possible that the cabinet-maker was also realtive of Huxley's.