Lot 240
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS

IN THE GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
In the George III style, late 19th/early 20th century
Each with a serpentine cresting above a padded back, outswept arms and serpentine seat covered in orange leather on cabriole legs with scrolled feet, one stamped to the rear left leg 'A 6806' (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The serpentine frames in the French manner relate in character to the 'cabriole' chair in Thomas Malton's Complete Treatise on Perspective, 1775, pl. XXXIII, fig. 131. The chairs evolve from a group traditionally associated with the cabinet-maker John Cobb (d.1788) of St. Martin's Lane, 'upholsterer' to King George III, and from 1761 in partnership with William Vile (d.1767).

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