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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GRAINED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1800

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GRAINED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1800
The tablets with vignettes of the sporting youths of antiquity, above a caned seat on X-frame front legs, decoration refreshed (2)
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Lot Essay

The cornucopiae frame design is in a manner illustrated in George Smith's, Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808 (pl.53). Related chairs of this form have been attributed to the celebrated court chair-maker John Gee (retired 1823).

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