A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY LOW SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1765

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY LOW SIDE CHAIRS
Circa 1765
Each shaped crestrail centered by a pagoda roof, the ears similarly-carved, above a pierced drapery and tassle-carved interlaced urn-shaped splat, flanked by rocaille-carved stiles, above a flared padded drop-in seat covered with a patterned rose silk damask, the seatrail carved with a ribbon and flowerhead torus, on cabriole legs headed by foliate cabochons and with ball-and-claw feet, formerly with casters (2)

Provenance

With M. Harris & Sons, London (a set of six).
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 8 October 1965, lot 102 (a set of six) (purchased by Tweedale, £480).

Literature

M. Harris & Sons, A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, Part II, n.d. (c.1925), pp. 250 and 280.
F.L. Hinckley, Metropolitan Furniture of the Georgian Years, New York, 1988, p.68, pl.34.

Lot Essay

Another pair of this model was sold Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 17 June 1977, lot 98. A further single chair was sold, the property of a Palatial Georgian Mansion, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 26-28 April 1956, lot 521.

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