A George I carved and figured walnut corner or 'writing' armchair
A George I carved and figured walnut corner or 'writing' armchair
in the manner of William Hallett
Circa 1725, the shaped and curved back with a scroll eared vase-form splat, with outcurved arm supports terminating in carved feathered eagle busts, above a serpentine seat frame, on four scallop shell and husk pendant clasped cabriole legs, each carved with scrolled acanthus spandrels, terminating in claw feet, with an ivorine plaque which reads: 'Frank Partridge, Works of Art, 26, King St., St. James's and New York', 84cm wide.
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A George I carved and figured walnut corner or 'writing' armchair
in the manner of William Hallett
Circa 1725, the shaped and curved back with a scroll eared vase-form splat, with outcurved arm supports terminating in carved feathered eagle busts, above a serpentine seat frame, on four scallop shell and husk pendant clasped cabriole legs, each carved with scrolled acanthus spandrels, terminating in claw feet, with an ivorine plaque which reads: 'Frank Partridge, Works of Art, 26, King St., St. James's and New York', 84cm wide.