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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS
circa 1790
Each with arched cresting centered by a shell and trailing husks above an oval padded back and seat upholstered in yellow cotton flanked by downswept padded arms on turned tapering fluted legs and stiff leaf carved feet, formerly fitted with casters, each with stencil to rear leg 1940.172A, 13552 ad ROY, restorations to arms, redecorated (2)

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These chairs with veil-drapery festooned over medallions relate to a suite supplied in the 1780's for Holkham Hall, Norfolk as part of the furnishings carried out under the direction of the architect Samuel Wyatt (d.1807) (see H.A.Tipping, English Homes, period V, vol.I, 1921, p.314, fig.380). The Wyatt family of architects enjoyed a close working relationship with Messrs. Gillow, cabinet-makers of London and Lancaster, and a chair design of the 1780's in the firm's archives also features an upholstered panel framed within the chair back (see L.Boynton, ed., Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, 1995, pl.266).