Lot 92
92
Property from the Estate of DORIS SCHNELLING (Lots 92-98)
A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS

CIRCA 1755

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
circa 1755
Each shaped back pierced with scrolls and centering a shield, the shaped plank seat with dished center on shaped solid supports joined by a central curved stretcher (2)
Provenance
Possibly supplied to Sir Harry Blount, 3rd Bt. for Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire
Literature
H.A. Tipping, English Homes, 1920, period IV, vol. I, p. 77, fig. 108A (shown in situ in the Entrance Hall at Tyttenhanger)
H.E. Binstead, English Chairs, 1923, pl. LXIII

Lot Essay

These chairs appear to be from a set comprising at least five hall chairs which are illustrated in the Entrance Hall at Tyttenhanger, Hertfordshire. Sir Harry Blount is also thought to have commissioned the 'Chinese' style furniture in the current fashion for the Tapestry Bedroom (H.A. Tipping, op. cit, fig. 113).