CIRCA 1865, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 1317

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A MINTON MAJOLICA AESTHETIC MOVEMENT TURQUOISE AND SEAFOAM-GREEN GROUND ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1865, RECORDED AS SHAPE NO. 1317
In the Chinoiserie taste, the seat with a ribbon-tied feather-fan and peony spray reserved on a trompe l’oeil wicker ground, the back pierced with overlapping cash centering flower-heads, the arms molded and pierced with stylized lotus flowers, on a later wood stand with cabriole legs
30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high, 23 ½ in. (59.7 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.26 cm.) deep, overall

Lot Essay

The current lot is one of only two examples known and is possibly the example shown at the Paris Universelle Exposition of 1867. Reference P. Atterbury and M. Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton, 1990, p.93 for a record of a majolica garden seat in the form of an armchair shown at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Also see J. Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p.146 for an illustration of a watercolor design for an armchair (at that time of publication the location of the form unknown).

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