Lot 346
MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC LIBRARY STEPS ARMCHAIR
BY J DENT OF KENSINGTON, AFTER A DESIGN BY MORGAN & SANDERS, CIRCA 1839
Auction: 9 December 2009 at 11:00 GMT
£7,250
Description
the gadrooned bar back above a moulded middle rail and down scrolling arms, the split cane seat with moulded rail above channelled sabre legs ending in brass cappings and ball feet, a lever releasing the back to form four treads inset with later carpet material
Dimensions
54cm wide, 95cm high, 60cm deep
Footnote
Note: John Dent is recorded as a cabinet and chair maker in the 1839 edition of 'Pigot's Directory of London and its Suburbs' and is listed as working at 45 Ernest Street, London around 1839 in the 'Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1600-1840' ed. Geofrey Beard and Christopher Glibert.