A PAIR OF GEORGE III BLACK, CREAM AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED ARMCHAIRS

Each pierced heart-shaped back decorated with floral sprays set with an oval containing three Prince-of-Wales plume and draped with tassled cloth, above a padded seat covered with beige cotton, flanked by out-curved armrests on down-curved supports, the bowed seatrail decorated with ribbon-tied garlands, on square tapering legs joined by an H-stretcher (2)

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BLACK, CREAM AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED ARMCHAIRS
Circa 1790
Each pierced heart-shaped back decorated with floral sprays set with an oval containing three Prince-of-Wales plume and draped with tassled cloth, above a padded seat covered with beige cotton, flanked by out-curved armrests on down-curved supports, the bowed seatrail decorated with ribbon-tied garlands, on square tapering legs joined by an H-stretcher (2)

Sale room notice

Please note these chairs date to circa 1785.

Lot Essay

The design for these elegant chairbacks, with the Prince-of-Wales plume, combined with simulated drapery swags, closely relates to a design by the celebrated firm of furniture makers, Gillows of Lancaster, dated 1788 (see L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, 1995, fig. 273).

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