A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM AND ROSE PAINTED HALL CHAIRS

CIRCA 1780, TOGETHER WITH TWO MATCHING CHAIRS OF LATER DATE

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM AND ROSE PAINTED HALL CHAIRS
circa 1780, together with two matching chairs of later date
Each oval back centering radiating flutes, the dished plank seat, over a seatrail with alternating flutes and rundels, on square tapering fluted legs and panelled tapered feet, re-decorated (4)

Lot Essay

A pair of mahogany chairs of this model were sold by Christie's London, 21 April 1994, lot 384. Both pairs with their distinctive roundel and fluted seatrail are closely related to a set of 'Eight painted chairs with Sifer' that were thought to have been supplied by Mayhew & Ince for Broadlands, Hampshire (see H. Roberts, 'The Ince and Mayhew Connection', part I, Country Life, 29 January 1981, p. 289, fig 4).