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Armchair one of a pair including XF60 and XF61 and with the set XF62-XF66 and XF85, c.1840, mahogany. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photograph: Hugh Kelly.
Armchair, c.1840
c.1840
Mahogany, with horsehair seat
Museum number: XF60
Not on display
Curatorial note
With elegant cross-rails (incorporating pairs of paterae) and sabre legs. One of a pair with XF61 and with the set XF62-XF66 and XF85. This chair was not part of Soane's collection and is almost certainly from a set of chairs belonging to first Curator, George Bailey (Curator 1837-1860).
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