Late 17th - early 18th century, each having walnut frame with more recent canvas backed leather seat affixed by later brass tacks, relief carved front stretcher; vasiform arm supports; chamfered arm rest scrolls; stile posts terminating in carved acanthus leaves.

46 x 28 x 29 in.

Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina

These chairs are nearly identical to the one pictured in Arthur Pan's celebrated 1943 portrait of Sir Winston Churchill.

Overall wear, aging with some worm damage; one chair has cracked left stile reinforced by a later metal brace; the other chair has had its left rear foot ended.

$400 - 800