The rectangular back with shaped head-rest, above outward scrolling arms, the padded back, arms, squab cushion and front edge of the seat covered in the original close-nailed black leather, the sides and back of the chair covered in floral Turkey carpet, the shaped apron with red tassled edge, on cabriole legs with 'S' scrolls joined by curved stretchers, on pointed pad feet, the blocks and rails numbered
48½ in. (123 cm.) high; 33¹⁄₂ in. (85 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 15 July 2003, lot 228.
A Private Collection of walnut furniture removed from a Queen Anne London Town House; Christie's, London, 7 June 2007, lot 60, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Heralding from a distinguished private collection, this armchair was housed in a Queen Anne property in Church Row, Hampstead. This celebrated street of eighteenth century terraced houses, described by Pevsner in The Buildings of England as the finest street in Hampstead, is considered to be one of London's best-preserved early Georgian streets. Built between 1707 and 1730 as summer retreats for spa visitors and rich London merchants, Church Row has as its focal point the fine wrought iron railings from the Duke of Chandos' famous house Canons and installed at Church Row following that house's sale in 1747.

A walnut armchair, but with squared cabriole legs inlaid with marquetry panels was in the collection of Percival D. Griffiths, F.S.A., Sandridgebury and illustrated in R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1929, p. 49, fig. 28. A related pair of armchairs was sold Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 27 March 2007, lot 183.