Lot 57
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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CANTERBURY AND A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CANTERBURY AND A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

THE CANTERBURY EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE ARMCHAIR LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CANTERBURY AND A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
THE CANTERBURY EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE ARMCHAIR LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
The Canterbury: with four open compartments above a drawer, on square tapering legs and brass caps and castors.
The Armchair: the oval back with pierced splat with trailing husk and swags, above a seat covered with yellow material, on fluted turned tapering legs, inscribed in pencil 'S-Simmons Esqr', the upper half of the back and the splat later
23 in. (58 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 12¼ in. (41 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
The armchair: S. Simmons, Esq.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

This form of Roman-medallion chair-back and ornament of bacchic veil-drapery was popularised by A. Hepplewhite and Co. in their Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788. The same back features on a pair of chairs offered anonymously at Castellana, Madrid, 2 October 1998, lot 1043.

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