A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

POSSIBLY DUTCH

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Possibly Dutch
Each with shell-carved cresting and imbricated supports, the padded removable back and drop-in seat, one covered in white calico and one in chinoiserie silk, above an elaborate shell-carved serpentine apron on cabriole legs with lambrequin moulding and headed by husks, scrolled feet, repaired breaks, some seat-rails strengthened, later blocks, one seat-rail incised '28472' (2)

Lot Essay

A number of constructional and decorative features of these elegant chairs could suggest a Dutch rather than an English origin. These are, for instance, the Continental pegged construction and the characteristic scaled decoration of the uprights, which appear on the splats of a group of Dutch chairs illustrated in R. Baarsen, Nederlandse Meubelen 1600-1800, Zwolle, 1993, pp. 82-83.

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