A Superb William IV Country House Mahogany Library Armchair c.1830 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles flanking the heavier figure of

flanking the heavier figure of the butler

and danger

This being an Irish picture

though the partridge has been the subject of trompe l’oeil art since at least the early seventeenth century with famous works by the likes of Cornelis van Lelienbergh (1626-after 1676) and Hendrik de Fromantiou (Maastricht 1633/34-1694) both springing to mind

A Superb William IV Country House Mahogany Library Armchair c.1830 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles flanking the heavier figure ofOrigin: English Period: William IV Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1830 37 Height: 38 inches Width: 25 inches Depth: 27 inches The mahogany whole upholstered in olive button back green leather, having carved scroll open arms and curved back, raised on turned tapering front and rear sabre legs. In what we like to describe as country house condition, the chair is lovely original order making it hugely appealing. The leather is worn but appealingly so, now