Details
With floral Turkey-work loose cushion above bobbin-turned legs and double stretchers, the underside of seat branded 'łM'
1814 in. (46.4 cm.) high, 1934 in. (50.2 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) deep
Provenance
Mr. Reginald Leon (probably Reginald Herbert Leon, The White House, Denham, Buckinghamshire).
With Stair & Company, London.
Acquired from the above by Irwin Untermyer in 1969.
Bequest of Irwin Untermyer to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1973.
Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Christie's, New York, 27 October 2015, lot 199.
Acquired from the above sale.
Literature
R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., Suffolk, 1954, vol. III, p. 169, fig. 15 (Mr. Reginald Leon).
R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 501, fig. 11.
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