A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS

AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON, CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON, CIRCA 1790
Each with a moulded pelta-shaped back above a shaped solid seat on turned and reeded legs joined by X-stretchers
34¾ in. (88.5 cm.) high; 16¼ in. (41 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Acquired by Sir Sydney Barratt from Michael Brett, Worcestershire, 30 November 1961 and by descent.

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Lot Essay

These chairs, with Grecian pelta-shield backs, derive from a pattern with eagle's-heads published in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803, pl.31. This design may well have been inspired by the hall benches with the Belmore crest that were supplied in the late 1790s for Castle Coole, Ireland, under the direction of the architect James Wyatt (d.1813). An identical set of four hall chairs - with Ducal armorials - was sold anonymously at Christie's London, 4 November 2005, lot 152.

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