Lot Essay
A similar chair was sold in these rooms 3 March 1994: Sale No. MSI 6409, Lot No. 65
Details
A Merlin-pattern invalid's or 'gouty' chair,
with carved mahogany scroll-back and sides, replacement canework, leather-upholstered arm rests and seat, iron-tyred wood wheels, spoked castoring rear wheel, brass and steel crown-wheel and pinion gearing via ebony-handled twin crank-handles, with sliding and folding foot rest, 45in. (114.3cm.) high
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with carved mahogany scroll-back and sides, replacement canework, leather-upholstered arm rests and seat, iron-tyred wood wheels, spoked castoring rear wheel, brass and steel crown-wheel and pinion gearing via ebony-handled twin crank-handles, with sliding and folding foot rest, 45in. (114.3cm.) high
See illustration