Dark Muddy Green Leather Wing Chair in the Georgian Style, English Circa 1890.

List: $7,500

 

Dark muddy green leather wing chair in the Georgian style with classic rolled arms and loose seat cushion [1. The loose seat is likely a later addition makes this a very comfortable sitting chair. ], brass nailhead trim, oak frame
English circa 1890. [2. "The English wing chair, in which we sit protected and alone and enclosed, facing the warmth of the fire, embraced by wings as if those of a soft sheltering angel ... the wing chair's heaviness and solidity stipulate a different form of life, one of security, of solidity, of immobility, of peace."

Arthur C. Danto (1924–2013) Art Critic, Philospher, Professor, Columbia, β€œThe Seat of the Soul: Three Chairs.” Grand Street 6, no. 4 (1987): 157–76. https://doi.org/10.2307/25007019. ]

height: 47 in. (119 cm.), width: 33 in. (84 cm.), depth: 30 in. (76 cm.),
arm height: 26 in. (66 cm.), seat height: 21 in. (53 cm.).

  • Item Number: JG23071830
  • Country: England
  • Period: Late 19th Century
  • Creation Date: Circa 1890
  • Materials: Leather, Mahogany, Nailhead trim
  • Height: 119 cm., 47 in.
  • Length: 33 in., 84 cm.
  • Depth: 30 in., 76 cm.
  • Seat height: 21 in., 53 cm.
  • Arm height: 26 in., 66 cm.
  • Condition: Very good

 


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