antique-dutch-marquetry-inlaid-armchair
Lot 4299
Antique Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Armchair
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th century, mahogany and mixed woods, pine secondary, shaped crest rail with inlaid butterfly, shaped stiles with inlaid flowering vine, shaped back splat with musical instrument inlays, shaped arms with line and flowering vine inlay, shaped seat with embroidered moire silk upholstery, scalloped seat rail with floral inlays, cabriole front legs with flower inlays on stylized ball and claw feet, rear down-swept legs.

44.5 x 27 x 18 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Good tight joinery; later upholstery in good condition; crest rail likely reset with tight hairline crack and possible repair to central arch; tight shrinkage cracks to rear side of back splat; scuffs to the feet.