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JAPANESE ARTS AND CRAFTS CEREMONIAL CHAIR, 19TH C. - $2,000 (Lake Forest)
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An extremely rare ornate carved chair and appears to be influenced by the Japanese Arts and Crafts movement.
Nearly identical and likely the same maker as a chair that is depicted in a portrait of Mabel Cawthra Adamson (1871-1943, Canadian painter and decorator, active in the Arts and Crafts movement in Toronto by Edmund Wyly Grier (1862-1957) dated 1892; She studied at Charles Robert Ashbee's Guild of Handicrafts. In the 1920s, the Cawthras were known as the 'Astors of Canada.)
That chair was sold at auction Oct 18, 2014 by The Potomack Company in Alexandria VA listed with an auction estimate of $3,000.00 to $5,000.00. It sold for around $2,500.00 with the commission.
The chair previously sold at auction depicted a Dog over a crown with coat of arms as the center carving with a aquatic turtles just below.
This chair depicts a dragon at center and birds below.
Please view the last picture on my listing showing the painting of Mabel Cawthra Adamson seated in the similar chair.
This is the only other chair with this specific design that I can find to be sold at auction or by private party in the last 30 years or so with all of my auction and on-line research.
Condition: a few dents and dings as expected from 130+-year-old chair. Some splits in the wood. Some repairs/alterations and or re-enforcement to the legs. The metal wheels are worn thin showing years of use but roll with ease.
Note: I do not recommend using this chair as a primary seating chair, but rather an extremely rare item of Japanese artistry simply to be displayed. I have made no attempt to sit it.