WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY UPHOLSTERED PATENT ARMCHAIR, BY GEORGE MINTER, LONDON SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY the rectangular back and seat with outswept arms, above a stuffover seat and moulded seat rail, with a pull-out adjustable footrest, raised on ring-turned tapering front legs with brass caps and castors, the front right leg stamped G MINTER, 33 GERRARD ST, SOHO WR PATENT 467; covered in red patterned silk (69cm wide,?110cm high,?55cm deep, 106cm extended) Footnote: Provenance : The Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland Note : The Soho cabinet-maker George Minter established premises at 26 Princes Street, London in 1829, filed various 'reclining chair' patents in the 1830s. He acquired his brass fittings from his Wardour Street neighbours Joseph, Daniel and Thomas Munyard. By 1832 he had moved to 33 Gerard Street.