Description
On loan to Houghton Hall.
Armchair, the back rectangular with rounded top corners, and arms, part upholstered, with ends carved with masks on carved supports; cabriole legs terminating in paw feet, the tops of the legs carved with lion masks, the deep seat rails curved in profile and carved in the centre front with a satyr mask and in the centre of the sides with shells, all flanked by scrolling foliage. Covered in green velvet.
This chair has a fixed cover of lime-green velvet, trimmed with metal-thread braid
Armchair, carved and gilded walnut, with green velvet cover trimmed with metal-thread braid, Britain, ca. 1732