Antique Baroque Carved Walnut Throne Chair, circa 1880 Sold the Seattle Art Museum

the Seattle Art Museum

the legs having carved Chinese style brackets and corresponding gadrooning

Circa 1887 he was invited to become a charter member of the Academy of Design

15" tall X 13" long X 6" deep

Antique Baroque Carved Walnut Throne Chair, circa 1880 Sold the Seattle Art MuseumAntique Baroque Carved Walnut Throne Chair, circa 1880. The chair having a carved crest with a shell motif to the center flanked by a pair of finials, the central black splat heavily and deeply carved with acanthus leaves and flanked by turned supports. The scrolled arms having acanthus leaf terminals, and the chair having a caned seat. The chair raised on turned legs with compressed bun feet and joined with an ornate carved stretcher.