A catalogue of a collection of old and modern pictures and drawings, engravings and prints, the properties of Cora, Countess of Strafford ... of Mrs. Ambrose Ionides ... of David Shirlaw, Esq. ... of Mrs. Elizabeth Malkin ... and from other sources ...
This 1925 London auction catalogue, issued by the auctioneers Robinson, Fisher & Harding, offers pictures, drawings, engravings and prints from several private collections, including those of Cora, Countess of Strafford and David Shirlaw. The photographed plates show chairs and seats, rotated sideways on the page, with upholstered backs, carved wooden frames and numbered lots. A designer might draw on their range of chair silhouettes, from turned spindle backs and scrolled Baroque frames to pierced, openwork ironwork seats and carved panels.
