• 11406

    A PAIR OF REGENCY OAK HALL CHAIRS AFTER A DESIGN BY PETER AND MICHAEL ANGELO NICHOLSON

    English. Circa 1826.

    Measurements

    Height: 35 1/2" (90 cm)
    Width: 21" (53 cm)
    Depth: 18 1/2" (47 cm).

    Research
    Of solid oak. Each chair with a carved seat back centered by the arms of the Watts family. The seat above a plain frieze with five carved roundels to the front, from which issue two square tapering legs to the front and two saber legs to the rear.

    Peter Nicholson (1765-1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer, who moved to London in 1789. He may well be the only architect to have completed a full apprenticeship and worked for several years as a cabinet maker, as well as being a highly accomplished mathematician, publishing numerous books on geometry, algebra and fractions.

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