A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS

LATE 18TH/FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
Late 18th/first half 19th century
Comprising one armchair and four side chairs, each with acanthus and C-scrolled crestrail terminating in shell-form ears, above a pierced splat centered by a fretwork diamond flanked by carved stiles above a yellow silk-covered drop in seat, the seatrail with carved rosettes on paterae-headed chamfered legs joined by an H-form stretcher (5)

Literature

S. Masten, 'Dealer's Choice: A Showcase for Museum Pieces in North Carolina', Southern Accents, December 1984, pp.69-70 (two chairs shown in situ in the Parlor).

Lot Essay

A virtually identical armchair, once thought to be produced in Charleston, South Carolina, is illustrated in E. Milby Burton, Charleston Furniture 1700-1825, 1955, fig. 111. Some consider to be Irish in origin.

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