Queen Anne Japanned Mirror Georgian These chairs remained in Somerville

These chairs remained in Somerville House for the entire 20th century

A rare and unusual pair of walnut Anglo-Dutch side chairs with a saddle chest top rail over a veneered back splat

with reeded columnar supports separating the central section from the concave sides

open armchairs having a shaped crest rail over tripartite open splat back with outward scrolled arms standing on square tapered legs

Queen Anne Japanned Mirror Georgian These chairs remained in SomervilleAn ogee molded japanned pier mirror having three separate beveled plates in the frame with beveled dividers hiding the joins of the three plates. Ht. 70" W. 26" Painting refreshed. Large mirror plates were a rarity in the late 17th century. As most of the mirror plates were bevelled (by hand) to echo the shape of the frame, there were likely many plates broken in manufacture. In the case of this pier mirror (a mirror designed to hang between two doors