Lot Essay
A chair with closely related entwined scroll back is illustrated in H. Cescinsky, The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture, London, 1931, pl.254.
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CIRCA 1775
Details
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Circa 1775
Each with a shield-shape back centered by a pierced strapwork splat carved with beading and headed by a sheaf of wheat, the bowfronted padded seat covered in green velvet on ribbed square tapering legs and spade feet, one with a printed depository label for Hastings, Sussex inscribed Lovat Hamilton (6)
Circa 1775
Each with a shield-shape back centered by a pierced strapwork splat carved with beading and headed by a sheaf of wheat, the bowfronted padded seat covered in green velvet on ribbed square tapering legs and spade feet, one with a printed depository label for Hastings, Sussex inscribed Lovat Hamilton (6)
Provenance
Possibly Lord Lovat, Strichen House, Aberdeen.
Purchased from Phillips of Hitchen (Antiques) Ltd., Hertfordshire, 21 December 1964.
Purchased from Phillips of Hitchen (Antiques) Ltd., Hertfordshire, 21 December 1964.