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17TH CENTURY
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Two Dutch oak chairs
17th Century
One with a rectangular padded back and seat covered in green velvet, surmounted by lion finials, on baluster supports joined by an arcaded box-stretcher and by a shaped foliate-carved box-stretcher; The other with a waved toprail carved with a winged cherub's mask flanked by birds, surmounted by lion masks finials, above two rows of ebony baluster spindles between horizontal arcaded splats, the padded seat covered in polychrome material, on baluster supports, joined by an arcaded box-stretcher and paterae (2)
17th Century
One with a rectangular padded back and seat covered in green velvet, surmounted by lion finials, on baluster supports joined by an arcaded box-stretcher and by a shaped foliate-carved box-stretcher; The other with a waved toprail carved with a winged cherub's mask flanked by birds, surmounted by lion masks finials, above two rows of ebony baluster spindles between horizontal arcaded splats, the padded seat covered in polychrome material, on baluster supports, joined by an arcaded box-stretcher and paterae (2)
Sale room notice
Please note that the chairs illustrated on pages 54 and 55 are from left to right included in lots 121, 122, 123, 120, 121 and 122.