A SET OF SIX MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

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A SET OF SIX MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
FIVE GEORGE II SIDE CHAIRS AND A LATER OPEN ARMCHAIR

Each with serpentine toprail terminating in foliate scrolls and cabochons, above a pierced splat with foliate Gothic arches flanked by the reeded uprights, the serpentine padded seat covered in white calico above cabriole legs headed by a foliate cartouche with central cabochon and foliate angle brackets, on claw-and-ball feet, three with later brackets, the front legs possibly later (6)

Lot Essay

The chair pattern with Gothic ribbon splat relates to those illustrated in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Directors, 1754-63, pl. XV, and in A Society of Upholsterer's Genteel Household Furniture, circa 1765, p. 14

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