Lot 113: A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR ATTRIBUTED TO MOREL & HUGHES

A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR ATTRIBUTED TO MOREL & HUGHES, CIRCA 1805 With padded, drop-in seat and arms upholstered in cream leather, the curved toprail between moulded downswept arms with scroll and paterae terminals, on reeded tapering legs headed by paterae with gadrooned brass caps and castors, the backrail incised ‘F’ and the back rail to the drop-in seat incised ‘VIII’, redecorated 36 in. (91 cm.) high; 23 1/2 in. (60 cm.) wide; 27 in. (68. cm.) deep

PROVENANCE: Possibly part of the suite supplied to Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (d.1820) for Harewood House, Hanover Square, London, and thence by descent until ofered by H.R.H. The Princess Royal and The Earl of Harewood, Christie’s, London, 28 June 1951, lot 46 (the whole suite).