Lot 509
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM AND PINK-PAINTED HALL CHAIRS
A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM AND PINK-PAINTED HALL CHAIRS

CIRCA 1775, TOGETHER WITH TWO MATCHING COPIES OF A LATER DATE

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III CREAM AND PINK-PAINTED HALL CHAIRS
Circa 1775, together with two matching copies of a later date
Each oval fluted patera-form back above a fluted and boss-carved seat with loose cushion covered in pink velvet, on tapering legs with block ankles, redecorated, the two later chairs white-painted (4)
Provenance
The Estate of Joe and Madeleine Bain, sold in these Rooms, 12 April 1996, lot 160.

Lot Essay

A pair of mahogany chairs of this model was sold by Christie's London, 21 April 1994, lot 384. Both pairs with their distinctive roundel and fluted seatrail are closely related to a set of 'Eight painted chairs with Sifer' that were thought to have been supplied by Mayhew & Ince for Broadlands, Hampshire (see H. Roberts, 'The Ince and Mayhew Connection', part I, Country Life, 29 January 1981, p. 289, fig 4).