A large and imposing Regency nautical chair made for the Alliance

A large and imposing Regency nautical chair made for the Alliance assurance company, the rectangular leather covered back, padded arms and seat surmounted by a cresting rail with a shaped central panel carved with a three masted ship in full sail flying a flag incised ‘Alliance’, all within a rope twist border and flanked by two openwork tridents, the frame and scroll-arms deeply gadrooned, the front legs carved as cannons. English, circa 1820.

Estimate:£18,500

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