A GREEN VELVET BUTTON BACK ‘FRIARS’ CHAIR, BY SIBYL COLEFAX & JOHN FOWLER, SECOND HALF 2

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A GREEN VELVET BUTTON BACK ‘FRIARS’ CHAIR
BY SIBYL COLEFAX & JOHN FOWLER, POSSIBLY A PROTOTYPE, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
With a bullion fringe
90cm high, 58cm wide, 64cm deep

Provenance:
A gift from Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler Ltd.

Another matching example of the Friars chair gifted by John Fowler to Imogen Taylor, and later sold in 2022 is illustrated on the front cover of ‘John Fowler, Prince of Decorators’, Martin Wood, Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2007 and on page 62 of ‘Colefax & Fowler’ Chester Jones, Barrie & Jenkins Ltd, 1989.

The Friars chair was an adaptation from an antique iron-backed example John Fowler discovered at Friars Well, Oxfordshire.
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A GREEN VELVET BUTTON BACK ‘FRIARS’ CHAIR, BY SIBYL COLEFAX & JOHN FOWLER, SECOND HALF 2

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Estimate £800-£1,200

Oct 1, 2026, 5:30 AM EDT

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