A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS AFTER A DESIGN BY GEORGE SMITH, CIRCA 1815

A PAIR OF REGENCY BRONZED AND PARCEL-GILT LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS
AFTER A DESIGN BY GEORGE SMITH, CIRCA 1815
Each curved upholstered back with a molded frame continuing to naturalistically modeled monopodia legs, with gilded lion’s heads forming the arms with lobed collars above hairy manes, and with paw feet, the back legs of similar form, the seat rails carved with torus moldings embellished with stylized overlapping leaves and berries, the decoration refreshed
35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm.) high, 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm.) wide, 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Provenance
The Collection of Dame Rebecca West, D.B.E.; Christie’s, London, 6 October 1983, lot 151.
With Partridge Fine Arts, London.
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Hilbert; Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 2007, lot 63.
Acquired from the above sale.