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A pair of English rocking chairs in steel, pine, and leather, designed by Peter Cooper for R.W. Winfield & Co. of Birmingham. Introduced at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The steel frames are joined with brass bolts and upholstered in brown leather, the whole retaining a lively, curving silhouette that remains distinctly modern.
England, 1880
41.5”H x 25.5”W x 33.5”D
Provenance: From the collection of the late Scottish newspaper publisher, Peter Fowler.
A pair of English rocking chairs in steel, pine, and leather, designed by Peter Cooper for R.W. Winfield & Co. of Birmingham. Introduced at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The steel frames are joined with brass bolts and upholstered in brown leather, the whole retaining a lively, curving silhouette that remains distinctly modern.
England, 1880
41.5”H x 25.5”W x 33.5”D
Provenance: From the collection of the late Scottish newspaper publisher, Peter Fowler.