Lot Essay
Related serpentined and voluted splats feature on a group of Irish chairs illustrated in J. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition, New York, 1982, pp. 246 and 247.
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
The foliate-carved toprail and the eared and shaped splat flanked by waisted uprights, above a padded drop-in seat, the apron carved with shells and foliate swags, on foliate and C-scroll cabriole legs with scrolling brackets on claw and ball feet, the undersides inscribed in white paint '87/3820' and with plastic lable OM3820', restorations, some angle-brackets possibly replaced (2)
The foliate-carved toprail and the eared and shaped splat flanked by waisted uprights, above a padded drop-in seat, the apron carved with shells and foliate swags, on foliate and C-scroll cabriole legs with scrolling brackets on claw and ball feet, the undersides inscribed in white paint '87/3820' and with plastic lable OM3820', restorations, some angle-brackets possibly replaced (2)