Lot 57: - Alfred Waterhouse (1830 - 1905), attributed to , A gentleman's lounge chair

circa 1870 oak covered with woollen upholstery, with moulded frame and padded arms and back above spindle supports, the angled legs with scroll supports

measurements 108cm. high; alternate measurements 3ft 6 1/2 in.

Waterhouse designed similar chairs for Manchester Town Hall and for the Prudential Assurance Company. For a sketch of the chairman's armchair made for the latter, showing similar finials, see Sally Maltby et al., Alfred Waterhouse, 1830-1905, R.I.B.A. Heinz Gallery, London, exhibition catalogue, 1983, p. 55, no. 36.