BY GEORGE MINTER, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND BEECH WHEELCHAIR
BY GEORGE MINTER, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY
Upholstered in buttoned green leather, with a reclining back and hinged footboard, the wheel hubs stamped 'G. Minter, 33 Gerrard St., Soho, London, Patentee of the Self-Acting Reclining Chairs', the back leg support repaired

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Lot Essay

The Soho cabinet-maker George Minter established premises in Princes Street in 1829 before moving to Gerrard Street in the 1830s, where he traded until 1850. His brass fittings were acquired from the Wardour Street firm of Joseph, Daniel and Thomas Munyard (G. Beard, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers: 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986).

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