EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY 'MASTER'S' ARMCHAIR
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The high caned back with padded open arms with Greek-key terminals, the caned seat with green leather squab-cushion on tapering moulded square legs
49 ½ in. (146 cm.) high; 23 ½ in. (59 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The Greek-key terminals together with roundels and tapering moulded legs recalls carved ornamentation found on furniture at Stourhead, Wiltshire by Thomas Chippendale Junior (see: J. Goodison, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior, London, 2017, p. 326, fig. 129).

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