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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, INCLUDING TWO OPEN ARMCHAIRS
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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, INCLUDING TWO OPEN ARMCHAIRS
The arched backs with anthemion and foliate toprails and pierced gothic splats and drop-in seats upholstered in orange fabric, on chamfered legs joined by H-stretchers, the back of the seatrails stamped 'GW', with a roll of conforming fabric (8)
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This lot is offered without reserve.
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
The parlour chairs' splats relate in part to a pattern published in T. Malton's Complete Treatise on Perspective, 1775, pl. 34, fig. 131).