TWO DUTCH COLONIAL HARDWOOD DINING-CHAIRS, THE SHAPED ARCHED TOP RAILS CARVED WITH SCROLLING FOLIAGE ABOVE A VASE-SHAPED SPLAT CARVED WITH FOLIAGE AND FLOWER-HEADS, THE CANED SEATS ABOVE A PIERCED SEAT RAIL CARVED WITH FOLIAGE AND ROCKWORK, ON FOLIATE CARVED CABRIOLE LEGS JOINED BY AN H-SHAPED STRETCHER, ON CLAW-AND-BALL FEET, 18TH CENTURY; A DUTCH COLONIAL HARDWOOD DINING-CHAIR WITH SHAPED TOP RAIL CENTRING ON A FLOWER-HEAD CRESTING ABOVE THE SHAPED VERTICAL SPLAT CARVED WITH FOLIAGE AND A FLOWER-HEAD, THE HOOP-SHAPED CARVED DROP-IN SEAT ON CABRIOLE LEGS HEADED BY LION'S MASKS AND TERMINATING IN CLAW-AND-BALL FEET, 18TH CENTURY; AND A DUTCH COLONIAL HARDWOOD DINING-CHAIR WITH PIERCED SHAPED FOLIATE CARVED CRESTING ABOVE THE FOLIATE CARVED VASE-SHAPED SPLAT, HOOP-SHAPED CANED DROP-IN SEAT ON CABRIOLE LEGS HEADED BY MASKS TERMINATING IN CLAW-AND-BALL FEET (4)

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TWO DUTCH COLONIAL HARDWOOD DINING-CHAIRS, THE SHAPED ARCHED TOP RAILS CARVED WITH SCROLLING FOLIAGE ABOVE A VASE-SHAPED SPLAT CARVED WITH FOLIAGE AND FLOWER-HEADS, THE CANED SEATS ABOVE A PIERCED SEAT RAIL CARVED WITH FOLIAGE AND ROCKWORK, ON FOLIATE CARVED CABRIOLE LEGS JOINED BY AN H-SHAPED STRETCHER, ON CLAW-AND-BALL FEET, 18TH CENTURY; A DUTCH COLONIAL HARDWOOD DINING-CHAIR WITH SHAPED TOP RAIL CENTRING ON A FLOWER-HEAD CRESTING ABOVE THE SHAPED VERTICAL SPLAT CARVED WITH FOLIAGE AND A FLOWER-HEAD, THE HOOP-SHAPED CARVED DROP-IN SEAT ON CABRIOLE LEGS HEADED BY LION'S MASKS AND TERMINATING IN CLAW-AND-BALL FEET, 18TH CENTURY; AND A DUTCH COLONIAL HARDWOOD DINING-CHAIR WITH PIERCED SHAPED FOLIATE CARVED CRESTING ABOVE THE FOLIATE CARVED VASE-SHAPED SPLAT, HOOP-SHAPED CANED DROP-IN SEAT ON CABRIOLE LEGS HEADED BY MASKS TERMINATING IN CLAW-AND-BALL FEET (4)

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CF. LITERATURE JAN VEENENDAAL FURNITURE FROM INDONESIA, SRI LANKA AND INDIA DURING THE DUTCH PERIOD, DELFT, 1985, P. 99, PL.107, P. 100, PL.108 FOR COMPARABLE EXAMPLES

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