Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 5 March 2018
Jewels
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London, England
A William IV mahogany reclining armchair by George Minter the reclining back, padded scroll arms and seat upholstered in green dralon, the apron with a sliding footrest, on lappet-carved tapering legs with brass cappings and castors, stamped 'G Minter, 10 GERARD ST, SOHO, W R flanking a crown, Patent No 2053'
Notes
George Minter was a cabinet-maker and upholsterer specializing in patent reclining chairs, who is first recorded in 1829 trading from various addresses in Soho until 1854 when he apparently ceased business. Several examples of Minter's work are recorded, including a group of related seat furniture in Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, page 338, figs 649-651.
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