Attributed to Daniel Cottier

ebonised wood, red velvet, gilt and polychrome panels

Overall good condition. The ebonised wood with some very minor rubbing to the exterior. The right hand gilt panel with a secure age crack running horizontally through the middle. The applied shell to the top cresting with some movement to the construction line, which is noticeable. With typical signs of wear consumerate with age and use.
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The firm of Cottier and Co. was established in London in 1869 by Daniel Cottier and very rapidly added branch offices in New York and Sydney by 1873. Like his contemporaries, Morris and Company and Tiffany’s “Associated Artists”, Cottier was in the business of providing his clients complete aesthetic interiors and offered a full range of furniture, stained glass, textiles and decorating services. The painted panels on the present chair are very demonstrative of his work in the English aesthetic movement of the late 19th century.