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ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Attributed to Mayhew and Ince
Each with a framed padded oval back and serpentine-fronted seat covered in green material, the toprail centred by carved foliage, with channelled arms with scrolled ends on downswept serpentine supports above turned rectangular flowerhead panels, on ring-turned tapering fluted legs with gadrooned collars, on tapering feet, later blocks, minor restorations, one inscribed in chalk '30...xg(?)' (2)
Attributed to Mayhew and Ince
Each with a framed padded oval back and serpentine-fronted seat covered in green material, the toprail centred by carved foliage, with channelled arms with scrolled ends on downswept serpentine supports above turned rectangular flowerhead panels, on ring-turned tapering fluted legs with gadrooned collars, on tapering feet, later blocks, minor restorations, one inscribed in chalk '30...xg(?)' (2)
Provenance
Possibly supplied to James Buller (b.1740) for Downes, Crediton, Devon, and by descent to
The Hon. Mrs Buller, sold in these Rooms, 19 May 1960, lot 47 (part).
The Hon. Mrs Buller, sold in these Rooms, 19 May 1960, lot 47 (part).