Antique Victorian Brown Leather Captain's Chair by Cornelius V. Smith, 1885

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Museum quality, fully restored, hand dyed cigar brown leather cornelius v smith, walnut & satinwood captain's or directors armchair

this … Read more Museum quality, fully restored, hand dyed cigar brown leather cornelius v smith, walnut & satinwood captain's or directors armchair

this chair is a good looking and well made original victorian example, circa 1885, the frame is walnut with satinwood and boxwood inlay, the leather is period, the seat platform is webbed and coil sprung, the chair rotates, this is one of the first swivel armchair models ever made so its quite privative by todays standards but in the victorian era this was quite a novelty condition wise, as mentioned this chair has been restored from the ground up, the leather upholstery has been washed back, hand dyed six times, antiqued, sealed waxed down and polish, tall the wood work has been deep cleaned and lightly french polished the base is stamped four times on each leg cvs for cornelius v smith

dimensions: height:- 92cm width:- 55cm depth:- 60cm seat height:- 47cm See less