Live Auction 6321IMPORTANT ENGLISH FURNITURE AND CARPETS
A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 53

A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM MASTERS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Attributed to William Masters
Each with waved toprail and rectangular padded back and seat with two rows of close-nailing, covered in cream and pink foliate silk-damask, on square chamfered fretwork-panelled legs joined by pierced fretwork stretchers, one chair with later blocks, the same chair with pencil inscription to the seat-rail 'Red Room', one front and one side bracket replaced (2)

Supplied to John Murray (d. 1764), 2nd Duke of Atholl for Blair Castle, Perthshire and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

This pair, and the following lot, of mahogany fretwork-carved side chairs form part of a long set that was supplied by the cabinet-maker William Masters of Coventry Street, Piccadilly, to the 2nd Duke of Atholl (d. 1764). The set included at least fifty side chairs, several stools and open armchairs, and was invoiced by Masters in 1756 and 1760 as having 'fret down legs, under rails cut open' (A. Coleridge, op. cit, p. 81). Most of the set survives at Blair Castle and is illustrated in Blair Castle, Guide Book, n.d., p. 20 (The Red Bedroom).