Lot Essay
The chairs' open-fretted splats derive from a 'parlour chair' splat pattern illustrated in Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793, pl. 8, no. 6.
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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Each with a canted rectangular beaded back with three vertical pierced splats with foliage and flowerheads, above a padded seat covered in brown close-nailed material, on square tapering panelled legs and tapering feet, restorations (8)
Each with a canted rectangular beaded back with three vertical pierced splats with foliage and flowerheads, above a padded seat covered in brown close-nailed material, on square tapering panelled legs and tapering feet, restorations (8)