Two Armchairs
Copenhagen, circa 1770
Carved wood, painted and parcel-gilt.
Height: 94 cm (37 inch) | Width: 64 cm (25.2 inch) | Depth: 48 cm (18.9 inch) | Seat height: 45 cm (17.7 inch)
Ref No: 23
Each with an oval padded back above a large oval drop-in seat, both covered in striped woven silk and flanked by carved scrolled and padded arms, the apron carved with a Vitruvian scroll and paterea, above fluted turned legs terminating in ball feet.
The painting from 1774 is portraying the Danish Crown Prince Frederik VI. next to a comparable armchair.