Three Chinese export bamboo armchairs, 19th century

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Three Chinese export bamboo armchairs, 19th century
In the Brighton Pavilion style, comprising a near pair with spade backs and pieced lattice panels (some missing), with open arm supports and caned panelled seat, on stretchered legs; and another similar with arched top-rail and fan-shaped panel back (3)

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The fan-tablet back is a feature of related chairs acquired for the Marine Pavilion, Brighton, by George Prince of Wales, later George IV (G. Walkling Antique Bamboo Furniture, London 1973, fig. 16 and C. Musgrave Regency Furniture, London 1961, fig. 24a

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