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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY READING CHAIR

CIRCA 1780

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY READING CHAIR
CIRCA 1780
With swiveling and ratcheted flap above a pierced back and shaped seat, lacking upholstery, on turned legs with brass caps and castors
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (56 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

Thomas Sheraton noted about a related library chair pattern that it was 'intended to make the exercise of reading easy' (T. Sheraton, The Cabinet Dictionary, London, 1803, pl. 5). The pattern was later adopted by the Strand cabinet-makers, Messrs. Morgan and Sanders (R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, September 1810, pl. 19), by whom it was described as one of 'the most convenient and comfortable library chairs perhaps ever completed' (P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture & Interiors, London, 1984, p. 54).

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