A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

HEPPLEWHITE PERIOD, C.1780

the shield back with five vertical leaf carved and reeded splats, the frame carved with stiff leaves and guilloche bands, on ribbed tapering legs

Literature

See Ralph Edwards and Percy MacQuoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Revised Edition, p.294, fig.218 for an almost identical chair.