TEN MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

COMPRISING A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III SINGLE CHAIRS, A SINGLE CHAIR OF LATER DATE AND A PAIR OF SIMILAR OPEN ARMCHAIRS

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TEN MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Comprising a set of seven George III single chairs, a single chair of later date and a pair of similar open armchairs
Each with a shield-shaped back with foliage-clasped vertical splats issuing from a demi-lune flowerhead, the armchairs with outcurved arms on downswept supports, above a padded serpentine-fronted seat covered in pink and white-patterned material, on square tapering legs and pinched block feet, the armchairs with panelled tapering legs headed by foliate paterae, on tapering block feet headed by a lappeted band, restorations (10)

Lot Essay

This pattern of arched back chair, described as 'camel back', features in the late 1780s Estimate Sketch Books of Gillows of London and Lancaster (L.Boynton, (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig.260). A related pattern also appeared in Messrs. A. Hepplewhite and Co., The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 9.

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