A GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
IN THE MANNER OF JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1775
The husk carved back arms and seat upholstered in cream fabric, on acanthus carved legs, with inventory inscribed label DR 53.1849.
A GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
IN THE MANNER OF JOHN COBB, CIRCA 1775
The husk carved back arms and seat upholstered in cream fabric, on acanthus carved legs, with inventory inscribed label DR 53.1849.
Acquired from Mallett of Bath, September 1949.
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 289, no. 298.
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Specialist note
See lot 313 for another pair of chairs of this model.
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