- 739
Manner of Morgan and Saunders, 19th century
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Reading Armchair
- Mahoganny, brass
- After a design of 1820.
mahogany and brass, with an adjustable, moveable lectern containing two small pen drawers
Literature
Pauline Agius & Stephen Jones, Ackermann's Regency Furniture & Interiors, Marlborough, 1984, pg. 54
Condition
In very good condition and of high quality. The piece is in ready to place condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The design for this library reading chair derives from Rudolph Ackermann's The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions & r., 1809-1828, pl. 19. Ackermann made an outstanding contribution to the formation and dissemination of contemporary tastes in the early 19th century and The Repository charts the development of furnishing styles between 1809-1828.
This was an era which prized innovation and ingenuity above all and the present lot brilliantly illustrates this with its pragmatic design. In The Repository, Ackermann describes it as one of ‘the most convenient and comfortable library chairs perhaps ever completed... a more novel article...gentlemen either sit across, with the face towards the desk, contrived for reading....or when it's occupier is tired of the first position, it is with the greatest ease turned round in a brass grove, to either one side or the other; in which case, the gentleman sits sideways’. To conclude, he notes ‘they are now in great sale at the warerooms of the inventors, Messrs. Morgan and Saunders, Catherine-street, Strand.’
This was an era which prized innovation and ingenuity above all and the present lot brilliantly illustrates this with its pragmatic design. In The Repository, Ackermann describes it as one of ‘the most convenient and comfortable library chairs perhaps ever completed... a more novel article...gentlemen either sit across, with the face towards the desk, contrived for reading....or when it's occupier is tired of the first position, it is with the greatest ease turned round in a brass grove, to either one side or the other; in which case, the gentleman sits sideways’. To conclude, he notes ‘they are now in great sale at the warerooms of the inventors, Messrs. Morgan and Saunders, Catherine-street, Strand.’