拍品 48
48
A REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIR, the rectangular tablet back, arm-rests and seat covered in green striped material, the arms on channelled scrolled back-supports, on turned tapering reeded legs headed by palmettes and with brass caps and castors, re-decorated, two side rails replaced

细节
A REGENCY EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIR, the rectangular tablet back, arm-rests and seat covered in green striped material, the arms on channelled scrolled back-supports, on turned tapering reeded legs headed by palmettes and with brass caps and castors, re-decorated, two side rails replaced

拍品专文

This chair's Grecian scrolled-tablet back, reed-banded legs and rail-corners of palmette-enriched acroteria reflects the early 19th Century 'antique' style introduced by connoisseurs such as Thomas Hope. It relates to 'Parlor' chair and 'Library Seat' patterns of 1805 published in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture, 1806, pls. 40 and 49. His pattern, pl. 52, also illustrates a 'Window Seat' that is wreathed with a 'star' ribbon-band between the acroteria