Live Auction 6620Fine English Furniture
A MATCHED SET OF SIX IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Lot 82THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
(LOTS 77-82)

A MATCHED SET OF SIX IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

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A MATCHED SET OF SIX IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Each with waved toprail above a pierced open vertical vase-shaped splat, above a padded drop-in seat covered in fuchsia leather, on square legs joined by stretchers, with pierced angle brackets, five chairs with later blocks, two chairs with variations (6)

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These chairs have typically Irish serpentined toprails with scrolled ends, and their vase-shaped pierced splats are hung with a tassel such as those offered anonymously, in these Rooms, 30 November 2000, lot 93. A related pair of Irish chairs is illustrated in P. Broome, The Hyde Park Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 111.