Lot Essay
The chair with Grecian-tablet rail, is enriched with palm and acanthus foliage in the antique manner as illustrated in George Smith's, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, London, 1826, pl. CXIX.
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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE IV MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Including one armchair, each with a tablet toprail with scrolled acanthus at each end, the reeded stiles flanking a horizontal splat, above a padded seat covered in light-green material with laurel-wreath pattern, on ring-turned and tapering legs with lappeted bands, restorations, four later seat-rails, some later blocks and cross-strutts (8)
Including one armchair, each with a tablet toprail with scrolled acanthus at each end, the reeded stiles flanking a horizontal splat, above a padded seat covered in light-green material with laurel-wreath pattern, on ring-turned and tapering legs with lappeted bands, restorations, four later seat-rails, some later blocks and cross-strutts (8)