A SET OF TEN GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1790

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A SET OF TEN GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED ARMCHAIRS
Circa 1790
Each rectangular padded back with pierced interlaced surround flanked by foliate-carved downswept arms with spiral-fluted uprights, the padded seat with cream floral upholstery, on spiral-fluted turned tapering legs, each inscribed in pencil Mr. Otway, re-decorated (10)

Provenance

Mr.Otway. Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 29 January 1994, lot 311 ($85,000).

Lot Essay

A similar set of chairs was sold Christie's London, 25 June 1987, lot 33. Another nearly identical example from Lord Leverhulme's collection is illustrated in P. Macquoid, The Leverhulme Art Collections, vol. III, London, 1928, pl. 89, fig. 394.

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