A MAHOGANY STOOL
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A MAHOGANY STOOL

OF GEORGE II STYLE, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details
A MAHOGANY STOOL
OF GEORGE II STYLE, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular padded seat covered in petit point and gros point later floral needlework, on cabriole legs headed by C-scrolls and foliage, on hairy paw feet
18½ in. (47 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58 cm.) deep
Provenance
James Thursby Pelham, Esq., by 1923 and by descent.
Literature
J. Thursby Pelham's Album.
O. Brackett, 'Mr Thursby Pelham's Collection of English Furniture-IV', Country Life, 7 April 1923, p. lxii, fig. 7.
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924, vol. III, p. 171, fig. 44 (illustrated in first edition only).
O. Brackett, An Encyclopaedia of English Furniture, London, 1927, p. 207.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
This stool should be catalogued as:
'A MAHOGANY STOOL
OF GEORGE II STYLE, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY'
and not as stated in the catalogue.

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