Pair of 18th Century Mahogany Gainsborough Armchairs

A fine quality pair of late 19th Century mahogany Chippendale style Gainsborough Library Armchairs, having arched serpentine shaped backs with set-back arms with acanthus, scrolls, f...

A pair of early 19th century Regency period mahogany library armchairs with unusual sliding action to the seat and back. The chairs having acanthus and roundel carving with reeded sc...

A fine pair of late 18th century continental satinwood armchairs, the shaped backs having wavy splats. The chairs with well-shaped set-back arms and stuff over seats supported on tap...

An important pair of mid-18th century Chippendale period mahogany Library Armchairs, having unusual carved and scrolled cartouche-shaped backs, with scroll moulded set-back arms. The Chairs having stuffover seats with gadrooned borders, supported on blind fret carved cabriole legs with scrolled toes. For similar examples see Chippendale's Director, 'French Chairs' Plate XXI Further information: Similar examples of our Library Armchairs can be found in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale book Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director (1762). The pair resembles the right chair design in Plate XXI, catalogued by Chippendale as “French Chairs”. He described in his book that this model “may be executed to advantage, some of them are intended to be open below at the back: which makes them very light without having a bad effect.’ His design illustrates his familiarity with the fashionable French Rococo style represented by the curvilinear form of the chair and scrolled feet. The carved surface decoration on our Chairs is much less elaborate than that on the published design and is more reminiscent of the work of Robert Manwaring...

Each with an upholstered seat, shaped back, and padded open armrest. With blind fretwork on the arms, and with square legs and a pierced H-stretcher.

Oval upholstered back with oval carved paterae and bellflower crestrail , carved down swept arms and serpentine upholstered seat raised on stop fluted tapered square legs , spade fee...

Of very generous scale with arched upholstered back joined by leaf carved down swept arms ,upholstered seat and raised on carved cabriole legs ending on scroll feet. Clever and convi...

Late 18th Century pair of Gainsborough armchairs each with an upholstered seat and shaped back and padded open armrest. With blind fretwork on downswept arms and front legs with pie...