LOUIS AND SIEGFRIED LÖVINSON, RETAILED BY JULIUS YACOBY
PAIR OF GERMAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1860
£875
Auction: Day One: 21 April 2021 | From 11:00
Description
oak
Dimensions
53cm wide, 121cm high, 53 cm deep
Footnote
Literature: The Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, published with the Art Journal, London and New York, 1868, p. 62
Exhibited: Paris Exposition Universelle, 1867 (the same design)
Note: Lövinson and Yacoby had workshops in Berlin and outlets in London and St Petersburg, as well as Berlin. In addition to the Paris Exposition Universelle, 1867, the firm had also shown at the London International Exhibition, 1862. For a related hall chair, stamped with the maker’s marks, see an example kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (W.52–2005).