A PAIR OF VICTORIAN WALNUT EASY ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN WALNUT EASY ARMCHAIRS

BY HOWARD & SONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN WALNUT EASY ARMCHAIRS
BY HOWARD & SONS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with arched rectangular padded button back, arms and seat covered in yellow velvet on ring-turned legs with brass castors, the back left leg stamped '9828/5517', the castors stamped 'HOWARD & SONS, LONDON'
33½ in. (85 cm.) high; 25½ in. (64.5 cm.) wide; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) deep (2)

Note du spécialiste

One of the most successful and well-known Victorian cabinet-making firms, Howard & Sons was formed by John Howard in 1820. Messrs. Howard and Sons exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition, and amongst several notable commissions contributed to the furnishing of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire and Elton Hall, Northamptonshire.