£400 - £600
A Victorian mahogany and canework campaign elbow chair, by J. Alderman, London, circa 1865; with hinged folding back and arms to a seat on turned screw-in legs, with brass spoked castors; with an applied brass plaque inscribed `J. ALDERMAN Inventor PATENTEE & MANUFACTURER, 16, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON'; 100cm high, 60cm wide Note: John Alderman established his business in 1860 at 16 Soho Square, London. In the commercial directories from 1865 to 1885, Alderman is recorded as `invalid chair, couch and carriage manufacturer`. He is listed in the 1875 London commercial directory as a manufacturer of `invalid, bath, Brighton, self-propelling and every other description of chair, couch, bed and carriage for invalids`.
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