A Scottish George III Mahogany Cockpen Armchair Seating William Burn

William Burn

Circa 1825

A composition stone statue fragment of an elongated horse & rider

provided Marsh & Tatham with the inspiration for much of their furniture

inscribed to the base

A Scottish George III Mahogany Cockpen Armchair Seating William BurnIn 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,