A PAIR OF GEORGE III FRUITWOOD-INLAID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1780

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III FRUITWOOD-INLAID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
Circa 1780
Each with an arched rectangular back with a simulated flute-inlaid splat terminating in carved flowerheads with ribbed downswept arms and a cane-filled seat with a brown suede cushion on fluted square tapering legs ending in spade feet (2)

Provenance

One purchased from Phillips of Hitchen (Antiques) Ltd., Hertfordshire, 16 November 1966 (365).

Lot Essay

This chair is based on a pattern published in George Hepplewhite's The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide, third edition of 1794, pl.1. A closely related chair but lacking the fruitwood inlaid flutes is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (see M.Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1972, p.140, Q/9).

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