Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 7th January 2016

Lot 142

A rare mid 18th century mahogany naval Campaign chair

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2200

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Description

A rare mid 18th century mahogany naval Campaign chair, upholstered with brown studded leather, the hinged seat above a folding base, c.1765, together with a later copy. (2)

Provenance:

Purchased from W. R. Harvey Antiques, Witney, Oxon in 1998.

The Collection of the Late P. J. Rankin.

For a similar chair see Nicholas Brawer, British Campaign Furniture-Elegance under Canvas 1740-1914, p. 154, pls.181-182 for a very similar chair also Christie's, A Palladian Villa by

Michael S. Smith, 23rd-24th April 2013, Lot 86, for a set of four similar chairs.