A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Including two open armchairs, each with an arched toprail above a pierced interlaced vase-shaped splat and a drop-in seat covered in foliate-patterned orange material, on square tapering legs joined by stretchers (8)

Lot Essay

Related chair pattens feature in Messrs. A. Hepple & Co, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788. Related chairs, bearing the 'India Office' and 'India Board' brand, are illustrated in the catalogue of a special exhibition at the Bethnal Green Museum, 1896 (J. Hardy, India Office Furniture, London, 1982, figs.16 and 17).

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