BY ROBERT DAWS, CIRCA 1830

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY ADJUSTABLE LIBRARY ARMCHAIR
BY ROBERT DAWS, CIRCA 1830
With reclining back and extending leg rest, the underside of the chair stamped four times R. DAWS, A J Y, and with crowned patent mark, inscribed in pencil AJY, with associated reading rest stamped GILLOWS.LANCASTER; together with a double ratcheted footstool stamped 62340 24562

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Lot Essay

Robert Daws was a cabinet-maker and upholsterer active at 17 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square between 1820 and 1839. He is best known for patenting the 'Improved Recumbent Easy chair' in 1827, of which the present lot is a perfect example. This model was well known in the first half of the 19th century and is illustrated in J.C. Loudon's Encyclopedia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London 1839, p. 1057, fig. 1913, with an attribution to Daws.

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