A Late 18thC Scottish Oval-Back Armchair c.1780-90 sub-Decorative Objects the study showing the captive

the study showing the captive bound and crafted as a grand tour memento and surviving from late eighteenth century Italy

A sublime and unique statement piece of rare form and of important historic merit

bells were important in so much as if the children were near enough to hear the school bell ring then they only had another 10 minutes to arrive

It went on to become the property of Catherine of Aragon

A Late 18thC Scottish Oval-Back Armchair c.1780-90 sub-Decorative Objects the study showing the captiveOrigin: ScottishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1780 90Height: 34. 75 or 17 at seatWidth: 24Depth: 23The Scottish Georgian period open armchair in the Hepplewhite taste, in faded floral upholstery, having swept padded arms and an oval back, to tapering front legs with bullseye patarae and spade feet to unusual geometric rear legs, the whole surviving from the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The chair is in lovely country house