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A mid 19th century French oak Gothic revival armchair, the…
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Sydney
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25-Aug-2020
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A mid 19th century French oak Gothic revival armchair, the design attributed to Jeanselme Freres, the rectangular padded back with a central ogival trefoil arch flanked by carved and pierced trefoils, the moulded arms with arched supports, on architectural legs joined by a pierced Gothic apron, height 130 cm, width 66 cm, depth 63 cm. Provenance: H. Blairman & Sons, London. Other Notes: This chair nearly identical to a walnut version in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, fall 1996, p. 41). The Metropolitan Museum's chair is stamped 'Jeanselme', a mark used between 1840 and 1853.
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