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Hampshire, UK
Set of Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Library Steps
REF: LA447825
£14,500
€16,938
$18,239
Certified DealerApproved listing354 sales by dealer
Certified DealerApproved listing354 sales by dealer
Description
A set of Regency mahogany metamorphic library steps, this sturdy armchair unfolds to reveal four leather-inset steps which rest on the cresting rail. It has a generous seat with a fitted, re-upholstered, leather seat cushion. The shaped rail, scroll arms and front legs are reeded. The splat and corners have carved fan-shaped elements. English, circa 1815.
Susan Stuart (ibid.), discusses ‘ladders for libraries and ‘step’ or metamorphic chairs’ in Vol. II pp106-108. Plate 654 shows the design for a step chair made for Ferguson & Co. in 1834. Meanwhile the design for a side chair with similar decorative elements, from 1813, is illustrated in Vol. I p221, pl 204.d.
measurements
Height:
35 in
Width:
23 in
Depth:
43 in
declaration
Wick Antiques Ltd has clarified that the Set of Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Library Steps (LA447825) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1815
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Date of Manufacture:
c.1815
location
This Set of Regency Mahogany Metamorphic Library Steps is located in Hampshire, United Kingdom
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