Upholstered Chairs with Open Arms
CHAIRS — upholstered, with open arms
A walnut chair with shepherd’s crook arms and cabriole legs of high quality carving incorporating shell motifs; hipped to the decorated seat rail. It has ball-and-claw feet. The termination of the back legs is interestingly designed. 1720-1730
A leather-covered mahogany chair on cabriole legs with four ball-and-claw feet. Scroll and leaf carving completes the value points on this thoroughly robust piece. c. 1740
A mid-century design of chair with a gadrooned leaf carved front rail and the fine decoration to the cabrioles which end in very successful scrolled feet, as used by Chippendale in some of his designs. Very elegant chair.
Another Chippendale motif, three clustered column carved front legs to give a slightly bamboo effect. The leaf carving on the reeded curved arms is a typical period design. 1750-1770
A variant in the style of the back which gives altogether a lighter appearance, which is however not supported by the thick Chippendale moulded legs; the arms by contrast are excellent. One can well see why the lighter neo-classical designs were so popular. c. 1765
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