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A Regency mahogany metamorphic library armchair circa 1820, in the manner of Morgan and Sanders
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Description
the back and seat hinged and folding over to form a set of library steps
Catalogue Note
The present armchair is based on a design published by the firm Morgan and Sanders in Rudolf Ackermann`s Repository of Arts in July 1811 where it is described as the `best and handsomest article ever invented, where two complete pieces of furniture are combined in one- an elegant and truly comfortable armchair and a set of Library steps.'
Similar examples see Sotheby's London 24 April 1998, lot 152, and Sotheby`s London, 12 June 2002, lot 60.