Lot 42
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A SET OF FOUR QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS
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A SET OF FOUR QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The splats inlaid with seaweed marquetry, with drop-in chenille seats, on cabriole legs joined by curved and turned stretchers (4)
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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The parlour chairs' 'India-back' vase splats are inlaid with filigreed tablets of Roman foliage, in the manner of chairs supplied around 1720 for Erddig, Wrexham, North Wales (A. Bowett, 'The India-backed chair, 1715-40', Apollo, January 2003, pp. 3-9, fig. 12).

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