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Lot 1114

A COLONIAL CEDAR RECLINING ARMCHAIR BY ANDREW LENEHAN
The buttoned upholstered back between swept uprights, the padded seat flanked by upholstered scrolled arms, on turned front legs with brass castors, covered in black horsehair, paper trade label to rear seat rail.
Height 103cm; Width 63cm; Depth 72cm

Estimate $7,000 - $9,000

Sold for $5,000

In excellent condition with superb patina. Evidence of earlier conservation.


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.


Irish furniture maker Andrew Lenehan (1815-1886) arrived in Sydney in 1835 with James Templeton, another Irish cabinet maker and by 1841 had acquired Templeton's business and continued to thrive in various locations in Sydney designing and supplying "superior furniture" to the wealthy of the colony, including Government House.

The Private Collection of Trevor Kennedy AM: Session II

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8382
10:00am - 2 November 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Wednesday 28 October, by appointment only
Thursday 29 - Saturday 31 October, 10am-4pm
Rawson Hall, 24 - 26 Kent Street, Sydney

CONTACT
Hamish Clark
sydney.manager@leonardjoel.com.au


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