A GEORGE III LEATHER-UPHOLSTERED LIBRARY READING CHAIR LATE 18TH CENTURY

the U-shaped top rail fitted at the back with a hinged reading panel on a ratchet support, continuing  to armrests fitted with drawers swiveling out to the sides, the seat apron fitted with a drawer, raised on tapering ring-turned legs on casters.  Back legs spliced, leather cracked.

Restorations, back legs spliced, leather distressed with some tears to back, cracking to arms, leather to seat later, drawer to seat probably added at a later date, later corner blocks to seat frame.
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Cf. a similar library reading chair stamped B. Harmer and now in the Ipswich Museum and Galleries, illustrated C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1660-1840, p. 257, fig. 473.