An Early 20thC Arts & Crafts Period Oak Reclining Armchair by Shapland and Petter c.1900 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews designing lamp standards which were

designing lamp standards which were set up on the Thames Embankment ‘at the landing place between Waterloo and Hungerford Bridge’ in 1870 and lions’ heads for ‘the pedestals both on the north and south side of the river’

They appeared in front of tobacco shops

The condition is good

Bears in this period went up to 115cms/42”

The handle is original with a nice green patination (though dented) and helps to further date the piece

An Early 20thC Arts & Crafts Period Oak Reclining Armchair by Shapland and Petter c.1900 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews designing lamp standards which wereOrigin: English Period: Arts & Crafts Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 39 or 15 at seat Width: 28 (at arms) Depth: 40 reclining to 47 The arts and crafts period plantation type armchair, by Shapland and Petter, the quality English oak frame wonderfully crafted and turned with wide undulating arms over spindled flanks, ladder back and turned legs, the whole having a reclining back with five adjustable settings via a baton, with kilim type