A SET OF SIX SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

CIRCA 1760

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A SET OF SIX SCOTTISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Circa 1760
Each with a waved crestrail above a rectangular back centered by a pierced foliate-carved splat above a compass seat covered in close-nailed Georgian gros and petit point floral needlework over a fretwork-carved seatrail, on similar straight legs joined by a pierced fretwork X-form stretcher (6)

來源

The late Colonel William Stirling of Keir, sold Christie's London, 15 November 1990, lot 62.

拍品專文

These unusual chairs demonstrate the ingenuity of local craftsmen when adopting pattern book designs. From the middle of the eighteenth century, preeminent cabinetmakers such as Thomas Chippendale and Mayhew and Ince effectively promoted themselves as design leaders by publishing pattern books which were subscribed to by cabinetmakers and clients interested in the current London fashions. The design of these chair backs is based directly on a pattern in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director, 1754, plate XII.

The unusual form of these chair bases, rich timbers employed and Scottish history indicate a Scottish origin.