Lot Essay
A related chair with dolphin feet, formerly part of the collection acclaimed of Sir George Donaldson, is illustrated in R. Edwards, ed., The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. edn.,1954, vol. I, p. 262, fig. 113 and later sold from the collection of Melvyn H. Rollason, Esq, Christie's, London, 17 November 1983, lot 63.