Lot Essay
This serpentined or bended back parlour chair reflects the Chinese influence introduced around 1700 by East India trading companies.
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Details
A pair of George I walnut and marquetry side chairs
Each with a shaped toprail above a solid baluster shaped splat inlaid with foliage and shells, flanked by serpentine stiles, above a padded seat covered in later gros and petit point needlework, on cabriole legs headed by foliage, on pointed pad feet, the lower half of the legs replaced, the marquetry probably added in the 19th century (2)
Each with a shaped toprail above a solid baluster shaped splat inlaid with foliage and shells, flanked by serpentine stiles, above a padded seat covered in later gros and petit point needlework, on cabriole legs headed by foliage, on pointed pad feet, the lower half of the legs replaced, the marquetry probably added in the 19th century (2)
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