Live Auction 2818European Noble and Private Collections
AN DUTCH MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC WING-BACKED OPEN ARMCHAIR
Lot 230

AN DUTCH MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC WING-BACKED OPEN ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1750-1765

Closed1 April 2009

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EUR 3,000

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AN DUTCH MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC WING-BACKED OPEN ARMCHAIR
Circa 1750-1765
The hinged padded back and hinged seat with cushion covered in gros point upholstery, the waved toprail centred by a C-scrolled finial, with scroll arms and on cabriole legs, opening to become a daybed

Specialist note

A virtual similar slaap- of ziekenstoel is in the collection of Huis Twickel in Delden and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Wonen in Arcadië. Het interieur van Nederlandse kastelen en buitenplaatsen, Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, 1998, p. 114, nr. 87.