A SET OF SEVEN DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1828

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A SET OF SEVEN DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1828
EACH WITH TABLET TOPRAIL ABOVE A PIERCED RECTANGULAR BACK WITH VERTICAL SPLAT CENTRED BY A MOULDED ROUNDEL, INLAID WITH A RIBBON-TIED MUSICAL TROPHY, THE SEAT COVERED IN YELLOW AND WHITE STRIPED COTTON, ON RING-TURNED BALUSTER LEGS TERMINATING IN TOUPIE FEET, EACH STAMPED P.F. VAN DOREN AND 1828 TWICE, MINOR RESTORATIONS (7)

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THESE ELEGANT CHAIRS WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF A MUCH LARGER SET, WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED FOR THE MUSIC ROOM OF THE ROYAL PALACE OF LAEKEN, THE BRUSSELS RESIDENCE OF KING WILLIAM I OF THE NETHERLANDS (1772-1843). THEY WERE PROBABLY MOVED TO THE SO-CALLED KROONPRINSELIJK PALEIS, THE NEIGHBOURING PALACE OF WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE (1792-1849), LATER KING WILLIAM II (REIGNED FROM 1840), AND HIS CONSORT GRAND DUCHESS ANNA PALOWNA OF RUSSIA (1795-1865) AND SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO HOLLAND AFTER THE DEFINITE SEPARATION OF BELGIUM IN 1840. EIGHTY CHAIRS ARE STILL IN THE COLLECTION OF H.R.H. PRINCESS JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS, WHICH UNTIL RECENTLY WERE USED IN THE CHAPEL OF HET LOO PALACE IN APELDOORN.

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