CIRCA 1780-1790

Details

A SET OF SIX DUTCH MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1780-1790
Finely carved overall, each with an oval padded back and seat covered in yellow floral velvet, the back and seatrail carved with entrelac and surmounted by a portrait medallion depicting a Roman emperor, on foliate carved stop-fluted tapering legs, headed by paterea (6)

Provenance

Part of a larger set that was owned by Hendrik Louis Wijchgel van Lellens (died 1830) and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The armchairs originally belonging to the present lot were acquired by the Groninger Museum directly from the family in 1996. A family portrait of Hendrik Louis Wijchgel van Lellens (1757-1830) and his wife Hermanna van Gesseler dating from 1796 show these armchairs in situ.

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