Lot Essay
Another chair of this model is in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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A 'MORRIS' RECLINING ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1880
Details
PHILIP WEBB (1831-1915)
A 'MORRIS' RECLINING ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1880
the manufacture attributed to Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., ebonized wood, velvet upholstery, brass
A 'MORRIS' RECLINING ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1880
the manufacture attributed to Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., ebonized wood, velvet upholstery, brass
Provenance
Acquired from Haslam and Whiteway, London, 1987.
Literature
cf. E. Wilhide, William Morris Decor and Design, New York, 1991, p. 144 for another chair of this model in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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