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Lot 237
A GEORGE III PROVINCIAL MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR,
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF MILES AND EDWARDS,
Price Realised
USD 2,629
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Specialist note
By an apparent coincidence, the design of these chairs was published by the draughtsman cabinet-maker Thomas Malton (d. 1801) in his Complete Treatise on Perspective, 1775, pl. XXXIV, fig. 131 (L. White,Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 85).
A set of ten side chairs of this model were sold in the Wentworth sale, Christie's London, 8 July 1998, lot 68 (£20,700 including premium).
A set of ten side chairs of this model were sold in the Wentworth sale, Christie's London, 8 July 1998, lot 68 (£20,700 including premium).