Lot Essay
The drawing-room chair, with its serpentined frame embellished with the acanthus-festooned shell badge of Venus combined with Bacchic lion-masks, is designed in the George II antique manner of the 1730s.
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE EXPORT PADOUKWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIR
second quarter 18th century
The cartouche-shaped padded back and rounded seat covered in floral tapestry, the arms with acanthus-edged backs and stylised lion-mask terminals on scrolled panel supports, on cabriole legs headed by scallop shells and on pad feet, restorations, the back legs replaced in walnut
second quarter 18th century
The cartouche-shaped padded back and rounded seat covered in floral tapestry, the arms with acanthus-edged backs and stylised lion-mask terminals on scrolled panel supports, on cabriole legs headed by scallop shells and on pad feet, restorations, the back legs replaced in walnut