Description
the oval back and wide serpentine seat in floral needlework upholstery, flanked by part padded scroll arms, the frame carved with entrelac and a fluted seat rail, raised on cabriole legs headed by anthemion and carved with swags and ending on in-scrolled toes
Dimensions
65cm wide, 94cm high, 50cm deep
Footnote
Note: This armchair relates to a number of unprovenanced suites of seat furniture which derive from documented patterns produced by Chippendale. For a comparative example, see Christopher Gilbert, 'The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale', p.108, pl 183
Provenance: The Collection of Lady Lanesborough, previously at Swithland Hall, Leicestershire.