Lot 76: Chippendale Revival Carved Mahogany Drawing Room Armchair

A Chippendale Revival armchair constructed from mahogany, featuring an open back with a serpentine crest rail carved with foliate scrollwork over an intricately pierced, interlaced ribbon and foliate splat. The shaped, outward-scrolled arms terminate in carved knuckles supported by swept uprights. The chair is fitted with a removable drop-in seat cushion upholstered in a gold-toned patterned fabric with a diamond lattice motif. The seat frame is supported by cabriole front legs carved at the knees with acanthus leaf decoration and terminating in claw-and-ball feet, paired with swept rear legs of square section. Joined with mortise-and-tenon construction.