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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF HONGMU ARMCHAIRS AND FOOT RESTS
19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF HONGMU ARMCHAIRS AND FOOT RESTS
19TH CENTURY
Each has a tall back splat carved with chilong scrollwork enclosed within a shaped medallion and is framed by the openwork back and side rails carved as archaistic scrolls.The wide rectangular seat is above a plain, beaded apron carved with scrollwork. The legs are of square section and are joined by a straight stretcher and terminate in scroll-form feet. The foot rest has a lattice openwork top set in the rectangular frame above a plain apron, supported on squat legs terminating in shaped feet.
Chairs 38 ¼ in. (97.2 cm.) high, 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.) wide, 20 ¾ in. (52.7 cm.) deep; foot rests 4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high, 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.) wide, 13 ½ in. (35 cm.) deep
19TH CENTURY
Each has a tall back splat carved with chilong scrollwork enclosed within a shaped medallion and is framed by the openwork back and side rails carved as archaistic scrolls.The wide rectangular seat is above a plain, beaded apron carved with scrollwork. The legs are of square section and are joined by a straight stretcher and terminate in scroll-form feet. The foot rest has a lattice openwork top set in the rectangular frame above a plain apron, supported on squat legs terminating in shaped feet.
Chairs 38 ¼ in. (97.2 cm.) high, 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.) wide, 20 ¾ in. (52.7 cm.) deep; foot rests 4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high, 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.) wide, 13 ½ in. (35 cm.) deep
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Michael Bass