BY GEORGE MINTER, CIRCA 1832

細節

A NEAR PAIR OF WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS
BY GEORGE MINTER, CIRCA 1832
Each with rectangular buttoned padded back and seat covered in tan leather, with retractable footrest, one with ratcheted bookrest on a telescopic brass stand, on reeded tapering legs with brass caps and castors, the castors stamped 'PATENT', one stamped 'G. MINTER 26 PRINCES ST. SOHO W R PATENT NO. 309' on each leg, the adjustable brass mechanism engraved 'MUNYARDS 90 WARDOUR ST', the other stamped 'G. MINTER 33 GERRARD ST. SOHO W R PATENT NO. 395, the same chair dated 'August 1832' (2)

來源

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 4 July 1997, lot 128.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

The Soho cabinet-maker George Minter, who filed various 'reclining chair' patents, established premises at 26 Princes Street, London in 1829, and acquired his brass fittings from his Wardour Street neighbours Joseph, Daniel and Thomas Munyard. By 1832, the date on the second chair, he had moved to 33 Gerard Street.