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Large & Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Company (1 of 17)
Wick Antiques Ltd
Flag of United KingdomHampshire, UK
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Large & Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Company

REF: LA448668
£18,500
€21,611
$23,271
Certified DealerApproved item413 sales by dealer
Certified DealerApproved item413 sales by dealer
Description
This is a large and imposing 19th Century English Regency antique 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. Footnote: It is probable that this chair was made for the boardroom of the Alliance Maritime Assurance Company, founded in 1824 by the Rothschilds. Other chairs of a similar sort are known to have been made as presidents’ chairs for banking halls etc.
measurements
Height:
53 in
Seat 27in (68.5cm) square Seat Height: 21in (53.5cm)
declaration
Wick Antiques Ltd has clarified that the Large & Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Company (LA448668) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1820
location
This Large & Imposing Regency Nautical Chair Made for the Alliance Assurance Company is located in Hampshire, United Kingdom

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