A rare Regency elm rocking chair, with simulated bamboo carving…
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A rare Regency elm rocking chair, with simulated bamboo carving throughout, plaited seat on a base United by stretchers on original rockers, in untouched condition
lyre back. Attributed to the 18th century designer Robert Adam, the back splat is in the form of a lyre, a Greek musical instrument similar to a harp. In shape it resembles two reversed scrolls. Chairs continued to be made in this style for at least the next fifty years. In Australia many cedar chairs and tables have survived dating to the 1830s and 1840s, featuring the lyre shape in the back splats and as supports for small tables.
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