Lot 125
125
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR

CIRCA 1760

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
CIRCA 1760
With rectangular padded back and seat upholstered in Howe 'vermiculé' needlework fabric, on square chamfered legs joined by 'H' stretchers
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Lot Essay

An almost identical set of 'stuff'd back and seat' chairs was supplied to the 5th Duke of Bolton (d.1765) for Hackwood Park, Hampshire. Recorded in the 'Blue Silk and Worsted Bedchamber' in the 1765 Inventory, the set of fourteen was sold at Christie's House sale, 20-22 April 1998, lots 15 (£58,700).

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