6 W:6 D:6 INCHES

Alfred Morrison’s son Hugh inherited in 1897 but Alfred’s widow Mabel continued to live in the old Fonthill House/ Pavilion

terminating with tapering ribbon carving around cluster columns

Wired using three core braided antique cable

1/8" D: 27

A Scottish George III Mahogany Cockpen Armchair Architectural 6 W:6 D:6 INCHESIn the manner of Alexander Peter. Scottish, 1760 70. H: 90 W: 60 D: 49 CM (Seat Height 43 CM) H: 35. 4 W: 23. 6 D: 19. 2 INCHES (Seat Height 16. 9 inches). These Chinese railed chairs have diamond lozenged backs corresponding to a 'garden seat' pattern illustrated in the architect Charles Over's Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste, 1758 (pl. 9); while their cluster columned legs can be related to Chinese 'bamboo' furniture,