Lot 79
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A SET OF SEVEN DUTCH WALNUT CHAIRS
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A SET OF SEVEN DUTCH WALNUT CHAIRS

CIRCA 1765-1770

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A SET OF SEVEN DUTCH WALNUT CHAIRS
Circa 1765-1770
Each with a cartouche-shaped pierced back carved with floral sprays and laurel garlands, the waved seat centred by a shell, and covered 'â châssis' in tan brown leather, on foliate-carved cabriole legs, terminating in leaf-wrapped feet, variously inscribed with Roman numerals
each: 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep (7)
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Lot Essay

These chairs are closely related to an example of circa 1750-'60 attributed to the Amsterdam chair-maker Jan Ermans (circaa 1702-'61), which is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (R. Baarsen et.al., Rococo, Zwolle, 2001, p. 266, no. 165). The latter represents a slightly earlier phase of Dutch full-blown rococo, whereas the present chairs already incorporate some neoclassical carved features such as the garlanded swags and twinned flowerheads.

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