ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1770

The distinctive gadrooned frame on this armchair has traditionally been associated with the with John Cobb (d.1778) of St. Martin's Lane, 'upholsterer' to King George II from 1761 in partnership with William Vile (d.1767). A set of six mahogany chairs with gadrooned moldings was supplied by Cobb in the 1770s to Philip Yorke for Erdigg, Wales.  A pair of armchairs were sold from Apter Fredericks: 75 Years of English Furniture at Christie’s, London, 21 January 2021, lot 52.  A single chair from the Leidesdorf Collection was sold Sotheby's New York, 28 June 1974, lot 138, while a pair was sold anonymously at Sotheby’s, London, 17 July 1998, lot 174.