| Figure 28 Patrick Strahan, side chair, London, 1735–1740. Walnut. Dimensions not recorded. (Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1740–1840 [Leeds: Furniture History Society, 1996], p. 442.) Like many of the chairs documented and attributed to Robert Walker, this example has a scroll in the center of the crest rail, three lobate piercings in the splat, rounded and molded rear legs, shell and bellflower carving on the knees, and compressed claw-and-ball feet with prominent rear talons. | |
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