Lot Essay
A very similar chair from the collection of Viscountess Wolseley is illustrated in P. Macquoid, The Age of Walnut, 1905, fig. 182.
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SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Details
A SET OF FOUR DUTCH JAPANNED SIDE CHAIRS
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each with cream and floral silk covered drop-in seats, struck 'II', 'XII', 'V' and 'VIII' to the underside of each stretcher respectively, slight differences in scale, possibly originally conceived without japanning
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each with cream and floral silk covered drop-in seats, struck 'II', 'XII', 'V' and 'VIII' to the underside of each stretcher respectively, slight differences in scale, possibly originally conceived without japanning
Provenance
Property of the late Mrs. Robert Tritton, Godmersham Park; Christie's House Sale, 6-9 June 1983, lot 189 (as a set of six).