Lot 176
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS
Each serpentine padded back and seat upholstered in quilted pink silk, with foliate-carved arms, the serpentine seatrail bracketed by C-scrolls, on cabriole legs headed by stylized acanthus, and with scrolled acanthus-carved feet, one part 18th century (2)

Lot Essay

The design of these chairs is closely related to a suite of fourteen armchairs, a pair of settees and a pair of card tables, supplied by Thomas Chippendale for the 5th Earl of Dumfries, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1759 (see C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, vol. I, pp. 132-133, 137, and vol. II, figs. 139, 355, and 402).