A pair of William IV 'Wilkie Patent' rosewood library armchairs
by John Wilkie or the firm of Wilkie and Cochran
Circa 1835, each with button back leather upholstery, the scrolled and dished toprail above lotus-leaf wrapped volute scroll arm supports with downswept terminals, on ring turned and lobed front legs, with square splayed rear legs, terminating in brass cappings and castors, each spring-loaded slatted metal seat support twice stamped: 'WILKIE PATENT', each approximately: 66cm wide x 62cm deep x 93cm high, (25 1/2in wide x 24in deep x 36 1/2in high) (2)
Footnotes:
Although the cabinet making (and especially chair making) partnership of Wilkie and Cochran is documented as working in London throughout the period 1817-c.1840, John Wilkie is also recorded as operating independently from 1817 or 1818 onwards. Wilkie's own firm was located at 1 Norfolk St, Fitzroy Sq., but it is unclear as to whether this continued alongside Wilkie and Cochran's combined enterprise, which was based at 20 Nassau St., Middlesex Hospital, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, ed. by G. Beard and C. Gilbert, Leeds, 1986, p. 975.

The 'WILKIE AND COCHRAN' stamp is arguably the one most widely associated with the individual John Wilkie, however there are also a number of examples of chairs which are impressed with: 'WILKIE PATENT', as appears stamped to the top of the slatted metal seat on the offered lot.
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