Philip Webb for Morris and Co. Two adjustable ebonised armchair

Two Morris and Co adjustable ebonised armchair's designed in 1866 with arched arms and legs united by refined bobbin turnings with adjustable back and bobbin turned stretchers on brass and ceramic castors re-upholstered in original Morris and Co double woven Bird fabric. These elegant timeless recliners were based on a design from an earlier traditional prototype found by George Warrington Taylor (Morris and Co's business manager) in the workshop of an old carpenter named Ephraim Colman in Hurstmonceaux, Sussex, in 1866. He drew a sketch and wrote description of the chair and sent it to Philip Webb and these two examples are the exact models that were adapted by Phillip Webb for production by Morris and Co. So rare to find 1. A dream to find 2. An icon of the 20th Century. Designed by Phillip Webb. After Circa 1866.