CIRCA 1750

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1750
With pagoda toprail above a railed back and horseshoe seat on cabriole legs with pad feet and recessed castors, applied with a brass plaque engraved 'CHAIR IN WHICH EMILY BRONTË DIED 1848'
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 29 ¼ in. (74 cm.) wide

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According to the plaque, Emily Brontë (d. 1848)

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The later applied plaque to the back of the present armchair claims it to be where Emily Brontë, the famed author of Wuthering Heights, died in 1848. However, other sources say she died whilst sitting on a sofa at Haworth Parsonage, West Yorkshire.

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