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Armchair

Armchair, from a larger set of dining-chairs, of mahogany with a drop-in-seat upholstered in black horsehair, the ledge under the seat stamped at front left P. BUCHANAN. Seat frame also stamped and incised. Square-sectioned sabre legs at the back, rising into serpentine, back-curving uprights; the front legs are turned. The top and centre back rail are veneered with flame-figured mahogany. The square-sectioned down-curving serpentine arms rest on turned supports.
Size: Height: 85 cm; Width: 58 cm; Depth of seat: 48 cm

Artist / Maker: P. Buchanan

Place: England

Object Type: armchair

Period: George III - IV

Broad Date: Regency

Actual Date: c. 1820

Century: 19th century

Materials: Mahogany, Horse hair

Museum Accession Number: 1981.36/FW