Lot Essay
The pattern for this pair of chairs is based on Thomas Chippendale's designs for 'Ribband Back Chairs', published in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762, no. XV.
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LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with pierced ribbon-carved back above a red silk damask seat, above a foliate carved rail on dolphin-form legs
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with pierced ribbon-carved back above a red silk damask seat, above a foliate carved rail on dolphin-form legs
Provenance
With Messrs. Law, Foulsham and Cole, London, circa 1906.
Rogers Fund, 1912.
Rogers Fund, 1912.
Literature
P. Macquoid, The Age of Mahogany, London, 1906, fig. 177.