This exceptional pair of armchairs were delicately carved in solid mahogany. It is worth noting they borrowed numerous formal aspects from the mid-18th-century Anglo-Dutch repertory. They took as their benchmark the furniture of Thomas Chippendale, whose book The Gentleman & Cabinet Maker’s Director, published in 1754, was incredibly widely distributed. Furthermore, the healthy commercial market in the Caribbean did not just involve Spanish colonies, but also contraband between English and French ones, thereby generating an interesting cultural exchange.

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