Alfred Morrison’s son Hugh inherited in 1897 but Alfred’s widow Mabel continued to live in the old Fonthill House/ Pavilion

The largest we’ve found

who lived in it all his life with Mabel his wife and family

Wired using three core braided antique cable

Very well marked original mirror plate

A Scottish George III Mahogany Cockpen Armchair Architectural Alfred Morrison’s son Hugh inheritedIn the manner of Alexander Peter. Scottish, 1760 70. H: 90 W: 60 D: 49 CM (Seat Height 43 CM) H: 35. 4 W: 23. 6 D: 19. 2 INCHES (Seat Height 16. 9 inches). These Chinese railed chairs have diamond lozenged backs corresponding to a 'garden seat' pattern illustrated in the architect Charles Over's Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste, 1758 (pl. 9); while their cluster columned legs can be related to Chinese 'bamboo' furniture,