Reeded overall, the curved tablet toprail above a horizontal bar splat and scrolled arms, above a caned seat, on sabre legs, hinged to form a set of four leather-lined library steps
35³⁄₄ in. (91 cm.) high; 22³⁄₄ in. (58 cm.) wide; 24³⁄₈ in. (62 cm.) deep

Acquired by Mrs. Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie prior to 1954; photographed in 48 Berkeley Square in 1954 (her London house between 1952-1962).

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This metamorphic armchair corresponds to a design first published in Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts, July 1811 and captioned 'This ingenious piece of furniture is manufactured at Messrs. Morgan and Sanders's, Catherine-St. Strand' (P. Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture & Interiors, Marlborough, 1984, p. 60, pl. 29). The chair was 'considered the best and handsomest article ever yet invented, where two complete pieces of furniture are combined in one - an elegant and truly comfortable armchair and a set of library steps'.