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Regency Mahogany Library/reading Chair

Name: Regency Mahogany Library/reading Chair
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA888663
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd

Description

A Regency carved mahogany library/reading chair attributed to Morgan & Saunders, The bowed arms with rolling ratcheted reading rest and small stationery drawers to the ends with glass ink pots and hinged brass candelabra; above a pierced moulded Gothic arched splat and shaped red leather close-nailed seat on lotus leaf carved legs with brass cups and castors.

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire estate.

Circa 1815 Price :£ 14,500-00p.

Height:30.5”,77 cms, Width: 21.25”,54 cms, Depth:20.5”, 52 cms.

See P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture and Interiors, London, 1984, p.54 which illustrates the comparable design in Ackermann's, Repository' of 1810 and explains how this type of chair is meant to be used:'..gentle-men either sit across, with the face towards the desk, contrived for reading, writing &c. and which, by a rising rack, can be elevated at pleasure; or, when its occupier is tired of the first position, it is with greatest ease turned around in a brass grove, to either side or the other; in which case, the gentleman sits sideways. The circling arms in either way form a very pleasant easy back, and also, in every direction, supports for the arms. As a proof of their real comfort and convenience, they are now in great sale at the ware-rooms of the inventors, Messrs. Morgan and Saunders, Catherine Street, Strand.'

Physical Dimensions

Height

77cm (30.31")

Width

54cm (21.26")

Depth

52cm (20.47")

Declaration

W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA888663

Dealers Internal Reference

10999

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Description

fig 1. Regency Mahogany Library/Reading Chair — fig 1. Regency Mahogany Library/reading Chair

Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire estate.

Circa 1815 Price :£ 14,500-00p.

Height:30.5”,77 cms, Width: 21.25”,54 cms, Depth:20.5”, 52 cms.

See P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture and Interiors, London, 1984, p.

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54 which illustrates the comparable design in Ackermann's, Repository' of 1810 and explains how this type of chair is meant to be used:'.

W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd

.gentle-men either sit across, with the face towards the desk, contrived for reading, writing &c. and which, by a rising rack, can be elevated at pleasure; or, when its occupier is tired of the first position, it is with greatest ease turned around in a brass grove, to either side or the other; in which case, the gentleman sits sideways. The circling arms in either way form a very pleasant easy back, and also, in every direction, supports for the arms. As a proof of their real comfort and convenience, they are now in great sale at the ware-rooms of the inventors, Messrs. Morgan and Saunders, Catherine Street, Strand.'

Physical Dimensions

Height

77cm (30.31")

Width

54cm (21.26")

Depth

52cm (20.47")

Date of Manufacture

W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA888663