A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
Circa 1790
Each with a rectangular padded back and seat covered in yellow floral cotton flanked by downscrolled foliate-carved armrests within a beaded frame, on turned sabre legs with beaded collars and headed by beaded panels, regilt (2)

Sale room notice

Please note the correct description for this lot should read: A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

Lot Essay

These chairs are of the same model as a set of eight sold from the Estate of Dorothy B. Hammerstein, Sotheby's New York, 23 January 1988, lot 224. Two from the set were later sold from the Collection of Vernay & Jussel, Sotheby's New York, 21 January 1995, lot 341.