CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
CIRCA 1790
Each circular back centred by paterae within a fluted roundel, above a dished serpentine seat, on fluted tapering square legs, corner brackets to base of back replaced, one lacking
40 in. (102 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Probably acquired by either James Montgomery (1720-1803), for Stobo
Castle, Peeblesshire, or by George Graham (1730-1801) for Kinross
House, Kinross-shire, and by descent.

Literature

'Kinross House - II', Country Life, 20 July 1912, p. 91

Special notice

This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

Both Gillow and Thomas Chippendale produced designs for similar hall chairs; a Gillow's sketch for a related hall chair is illustrated Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, edited by Lindsay Boynton, Bllomfield, 1995, pl. 286.

An almost identical pair of hall chairs was sold Sotheby's New York, 12 October 1995, lot 287.

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