A RARE EARLY GEORGE III SCOTTISH LABURNUM LIBRARY 'RAEBURN' ARMCHAIR

A RARE EARLY GEORGE III SCOTTISH LABURNUM LIBRARY 'RAEBURN' ARMCHAIR
IN CHIPPENDALE STYLE, POSSIBLY BY FRANCIS BRODIE, C.1760-70

the moulded frame carved with leaves and scrolls, with a padded drop-in back and seat, on cabriole legs with fan-fluted decoration and knurled toes

Provenance
By repute, this 'Raeburn' armchair was formerly at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Catalogue Note

The term 'Raeburn' is used colloquially in Scotland to define a type of armchair known as 'Gainsborough' in England. The term derives from the name of the Scottish 18th-century portraitist Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).

From a Private Collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.