A Fine & Unusual Pair of Queen Anne Style Wingback Armchairs; Ex. Croxton Park House c.1890 poa-item Saint George became the patron

Saint George became the patron saint of England in the thirteenth century

The colour to the top is pleasing with marks here and there which you would expect with a piece that hasn’t been re-polished

There would have been further carving to the top of the cresting to the piece which is now lacking

Leon Battista Alberti recommended that when painters intend to depict a nude

The beautifully weathered composition (

A Fine & Unusual Pair of Queen Anne Style Wingback Armchairs; Ex. Croxton Park House c.1890 poa-item Saint George became the patronOrigin: English, Possibly Scottish Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Croxton Park House, Cambridgeshire UK Date: c. 1890 Height: 56 or 20 at seats Depth: 31. 5 Width: 34. 5 The large and very fine quality pair of wingback armchairs, of unusual form, in a taupe coloured suede fabric, with early eighteenth century verdure tapestry squab cushions to each, the wholes in Queen Anne style, raised on parcel gilt walnut cabriole front legs with swept back