Lot 348
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PROPERTY FROM A FAMILY COLLECTION
A SET OF FOURTEEN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

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A SET OF FOURTEEN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Comprising two armchairs and twelve side chairs, each crestrail with confronting C-scrolls and foliate scrolled ears above a pierced tapering splat with central X-carved cartouche, the foliate-carved arms with stylized shell handholds, the drop-in seat upholstered in maroon silk on foliate-carved cabriole legs joined by stretchers and with squared paw feet (14)

Lot Essay

The design for the backs of these chairs is based on a pattern in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd.edn., 1762, plate XIII. A set of dining-chairs of this model belonging to Lady Peck at Prehen House, near Derry is illustrated in W.Pfeiffer and M.Heron, In the Houses of Ireland, 1988, p.144. Another set, but with straight legs, from Lexlip Castle, Co.Kildare is illustrated in J. O'Brien and D. Guinness, Great Irish Houses and Castles, 1992, p.23.