Australian Colonial cedar lyre fronted easy chair, N.S.W origin, c. 1840, the rectangular padded back over scrolled arms, raised on slender bulbous turned front legs with brass castors, upholstered in red velvet (A/F), height 102 cm width 76 cm. Provenance: The collection of Robert Hutchinson, Sydney, labels: illustrated K. Fahy. C. Simpson and A. Simpson Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture, p. 438