Library chair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Brocade, mahogany, brass nails
Place of origin
England
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Arlington Court, Devon
NT 986021.2
Summary
One of a pair of upholstered library armchairs, English, circa 1770. Also known as Gainsborough armchairs, each with arched rectangular back and padded arms on mahogany incurved front supports, the wide seat on square legs joined by an H-stretcher, upholstered in brass-nailed gold brocade with shallow tufting.