A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS
Late 18th century
Each with oval back centered by anthemia and a padded seat covered in floral cotton, on cabriole legs (2)

Provenance

Jeremy, London

Lot Essay

A. Hepplewhite and Co.'s Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. 8, published an immensely influential design for a pierced oval chairback filled with Prince-of-Wales feathers. Among its variations the anthemia proved most popular in England and the Prince-of-Wales feathers in Salem, Massachusetts.