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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHAIR-BED*

ANGLO-DUTCH, MID-18TH CENTURY

細節

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHAIR-BED*
ANGLO-DUTCH, MID-18TH CENTURY
The arched winged upholstered back with moulded mahogany frame and sides surmounted by a scalloped cresting with deep, padded seat with squab cushion, the back hinged to lye flat and the seat hinging forward resting upon the arms, on cabriole legs with pad feet, the ratchet behind back replaced, inscribed Kettering L71.49
33in. (84cm.) wide

來源

Donated to the museum by Mrs. Virginia Kettering Kampf.

注意事項

This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

拍品專文

This form of reclining chair evolved from the lits de repos of Louis XIVs reign. Intended primarily for bedchambers and private sitting rooms, these chairs very widely in their form. A pattern for a 'burjair (or 'half couch') with similar winged sides and adjustable back ('made to fall down at pleasure') appears in Universal System of Household Furniture, published by cabinet-makers Ince and Mayhew from 1759-1762, pl.LX. A mahogany folding chair of remarkably similar form from Padworth House, Berkshire, is illustrated in P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924, vol.II, p. 164, fig. 14.