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See Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th century Furniture Design, Antique Collectors Club, 1977, p.180. A design of a similar chair by G.W. Yapp of 1879
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A LATE VICTORIAN OAK REVOLVING LIBRARY CHAIR
After a design by G.W. Yapp, carved overall with scrolling foliage and strapwork, the horse-shoe shaped arm rest incorporating two counterwells, supported on a foliate-carved splat, the reverse incoporating a racheted hinged bookrest, flanked by two fluted and foliate-carved column uprights, above a buttoned red-leather seat, the undulating seat rail incorporating a drawer to the reverse, on downscrolled foliate-carved supports
After a design by G.W. Yapp, carved overall with scrolling foliage and strapwork, the horse-shoe shaped arm rest incorporating two counterwells, supported on a foliate-carved splat, the reverse incoporating a racheted hinged bookrest, flanked by two fluted and foliate-carved column uprights, above a buttoned red-leather seat, the undulating seat rail incorporating a drawer to the reverse, on downscrolled foliate-carved supports