FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, FOUR SIDE CHAIRS WITH MINOR DIFFERENCES TO CARVING AND CONSTRUCTION

Details

A SET OF TWELVE LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
First half 19th century, four side chairs with minor differences to carving and construction
Comprising two armchairs and ten side chairs, each with a serpentine crestrail above a pierced foliate-carved splat with entwined lower section over a padded serpentine seat covered in yellow damask, on square panelled legs, some with old depository labels Royal County Depo./Reading/C&G Ayers, Proprietor../1585, one shoe with inscription K. Lighthelm (12)

Provenance

Acquired from Richard Courtney, London in 1985.

Further details

END OF SALE

Lot Essay

A set of eighteen chairs dating to the nineteenth century exhibiting carving of a similar character and with same profile back legs (but cabriole front legs) was sold Sotheby's London, 10 July 1998, lot 81 (£100,500). Both sets of chairs are inspired by designs published in Thomas Chippendale's Director and demonstrate the longlasting popularity of this influential design book, particularly in the outer provinces.

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