Live Auction 5438The Sunday Sale
A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN MAHOGANY X-FRAME ARMCHAIRS
Lot 166

A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN MAHOGANY X-FRAME ARMCHAIRS

AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS HOPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed30 November 2008

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GBP 3,000

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A SET OF SIX VICTORIAN MAHOGANY X-FRAME ARMCHAIRS
AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS HOPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each reeded overall, with padded back and dished seat upholstered in buff suede with brass-buttoning, with downswept arms above rosette centred X-frame supports joined by turned stretchers (6)

Specialist note

The overall form of this chair derives from ancient Roman 'curule' chairs revived by Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. VIII. A similar example was sold Thomas Hope and the Neoclassical Vision, Christie's London, 24 April 2008, lot 52.