Live Auction 11560Historical Design
SIR EDWIN LUTYENS (1869-1944)
Lot 87

SIR EDWIN LUTYENS (1869-1944)

A PAIR OF 'NAPOLEON' CHAIRS, DESIGNED 1919

Closed3 November 2015

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GBP 11,250

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SIR EDWIN LUTYENS (1869-1944)
A PAIR OF 'NAPOLEON' CHAIRS, DESIGNED 1919
mahogany, upholstery and brass castors
32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) high; 34 in. (87 cm.) wide; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) deep
castors stamped COPE

Specialist note

Lutyens designed the 'Napoleon' chair for his own home in 1919, and later gave one to each of his five children. The name originates from an assymetric chair depicted in a painting of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David .