SIX GEORGE III AND TWO LATER
Details
A SET OF EIGHT WHITE AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Six George III and two later
Each with a rectangular back with stepped toprail decorated with swags above a triple-railed back decroated with flowerheads and foliage, with downswept arms on downswept supports decorated with trailing ivy, the rush seat with a blue and white-striped watered-silk squab cushion, on turned legs joined by turned stretchers, three chairs with tipped feet, largely redecorated (8)
Six George III and two later
Each with a rectangular back with stepped toprail decorated with swags above a triple-railed back decroated with flowerheads and foliage, with downswept arms on downswept supports decorated with trailing ivy, the rush seat with a blue and white-striped watered-silk squab cushion, on turned legs joined by turned stretchers, three chairs with tipped feet, largely redecorated (8)
Literature
D. Berger, The Dining Room, New York, 1993, p.32.