Pair of George III style cock-fighting chairs with U shaped toprails and shaped seats, upholstered in burgundy ribbed velvet with nailhead trim, raised on tapered square legs with brass cappings and casters. A cockfighting chair has a rounded back and broad curved armrests that are often padded. The chair seat is also padded and many are covered in leather. The sitter straddled the chair’s back and leaned on the arms. Some think today that these were really reading chairs to be used in a library. A reading desk was attached to the curved back to hold a book. Since there are many drawings that show these chairs at cockfights and many are known to be used in libraries, which came into use first is an unsolved question.
Width 20"
Depth 21"
Height 31"
Seat Height 18"
F710
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