Object Description
Comprising twelve chairs, and consisting of two Carver Armchairs, and ten side chairs; constructed in mahogany, which has been excellently and comprehensively carved; rising from cabriole front legs, with ball & claw feet, having foliate carved knees adorned with ‘C’ scrolls, and swept cabriole legs to the rear; the drop-in seats are upholstered in close nailed tan leather; the swept uprights, channelled and carved with foliates, terminate in ‘paper scroll’ ears, conjoining serpentine toprails, also richly carved, and housing complex and exuberant interlaced backs; the arms of dished and swept ‘shepherds crook’ form, terminating in scrolls.Circa 1890