A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE POLYCHROME-PAINTED SATINWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III STYLE POLYCHROME-PAINTED SATINWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Each with pierced shield back centering a spray of roses and foliage above a caned seat with loose cushion covered in light green silk on faux-fluted tapering legs headed by oval paterae and spade feet (2)

Lot Essay

These chairs are identical to a set of eighteen supplied by Geo. Seddon, Sons & Shackleton to Elisha Tupper for Hautville House, Guernsey in 1790 (see D.Fitz-Gerald, ed., Georgian Furniture, 1969, no.116).