Lot 390
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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

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A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
TEN CHAIRS CIRCA 1760

Comprising two armchairs and ten side chairs, each serpentine crest with foliate ears above a pierced arcaded and quatrefoil splat, the padded seat upholstered in close-nailed rust and white plaid cotton, on square tapering legs joined by stretchers, two side chairs of later date (12)

Lot Essay

The trefoil-pierced back corresponds to designs for 'gothick chairs' published in Robert Manwaring's 'The Cabinet and Chair-Maker's Real Friend and Companion' of 1765 (reproduced in E. White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, 1990, p. 79, pl. 13).