AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY RECLINING ARMCHAIR

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY RECLINING ARMCHAIR

By Daws, with a padded adjustable hinged back with scroll arms and shaped seat, with adjustable pull-out foot-rest, on turned reeded tapered legs with brass caps and castors, stamped four times R. Daws AXT G.R. Patent bearing part trade label of R. Daws Manner of Using R Daws's Recumbent Easy chair

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Robert Daw's of 17 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London, is recorded as being active between 1820-39 and patented his improved Recumbent Chair in 1827, see Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Maney 1986

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