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A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY ARMCHAIRS
england , circa 1680
A very fine and rare pair of William and Mary period carved walnut high back armchairs. With caned backs and seats. Each back with carved border frame surmounted by an elaborate carved cresting centred on a portrait medallion. With bold outswept arms with carved detail, standing on turned carved baluster legs joined by shaped finial mounted cross-stretchers. The caned seat fitted with silk velvet cushions.
Provenance
With Moss Harris (archive photograph), 1926 or before
With Messrs. Howard and Sons, Ltd., 25 Berners Street, London 1928
With Messrs. Howard and Sons, Ltd., 25 Berners Street, London 1928
Stock number
AD.254
dimensions
More Details
Literature
Height: 53¹/₈ in (135 cm)
Width: 27¹/₈ in (69 cm)
Depth: 18¹/₂ in (47 cm)
Width: 27¹/₈ in (69 cm)
Depth: 18¹/₂ in (47 cm)
These magnificent chairs were exhibited at Olympia in 1928, Exhibition of Antiques - shown by Messrs. Howard and Sons Ltd., of 23 Berners Street, London W1 - as part of the reconstructed dining room of Streatlam Castle, co. Durham: 'this noble room will also be shown as a true period interior by being adorned by the finest specimens of Early English furniture'.
Collectors and Past Masterpieces, The Graphic, 7 July 1928, p. j
Moss Harris, An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, 1926
Moss Harris, An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, 1926
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