Lot Essay
There is a very similar chair with scrolled stiles and tablet toprail illustrated in J. Gloag, The Englishman's Chair, London, 1964, pl. 57.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SET OF TWELVE REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
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A SET OF TWELVE REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Each with scrolled channelled stiles joined by a panelled top-rail above a spirally gadrooned and bobbin-turned splat, the padded seats covered in close-nailed blue horse-hair, on ring-turned tapering legs, five stamped SS, seven stamped FM, one with indistinct inscription another inscribed F.M. 1816, restorations to stiles, two back seatrail re-veneered (12)
Each with scrolled channelled stiles joined by a panelled top-rail above a spirally gadrooned and bobbin-turned splat, the padded seats covered in close-nailed blue horse-hair, on ring-turned tapering legs, five stamped SS, seven stamped FM, one with indistinct inscription another inscribed F.M. 1816, restorations to stiles, two back seatrail re-veneered (12)