SEVEN GEORGE III CIRCA 1775, ONE SIDE CHAIR LATER

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A SET OF EIGHT ENGLISH WHITE AND GREEN-PAINTED DINING-CHAIRS
SEVEN GEORGE III CIRCA 1775, ONE SIDE CHAIR LATER
Comprising six side chairs and two open armchairs, each with cartouche-shaped open back centred by a roundel issuing eight pierced spokes, above a serpentine padded seat covered in pale-blue patterned material, on cabriole legs, some re-railing, re-decorated (8)

Provenance

Mrs. A. C. Oppenheim; Christie's, London, 9 December 1971, lot 108.

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Lot Essay

The 'Apollo' laurel-wreathed and palm-enriched chairs, centred by Palmyreen sunflowered paterae, reflect the French styled 'cabriolet' form described as 'Modern' and 'now in use' in Thomas Malton's Compleat Treatise on Perspective, 1775 (pl. 33 (XXXIII)). The backs' rayed and fretted foliage featured on so-called 'Star back' chairs that were japanned in green and white en suite with Indian chintz upholstery and supplied in 1774 for Paxton House, Berwickshire by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779) (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, p. 271, fig. 164). Armchairs of similar form were also supplied in the 1770s for Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire (A. Mitchell, Dyrham Park, London, 1995, p.14).

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