COMPRISING SIX GEORGE III ARMCHAIRS AND SIX CHAIRS OF A LATER DATE

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A SET OF TWELVE MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Comprising six George III armchairs and six chairs of a later date
Each with a shaped toprail above a pierced splat with acanthus-leaf carving, the channelled supports and arms terminating in reeded balusters issuing from a leafy bud, the seat upholstered in close-nailed green and yellow gros point needlework on square tapering legs with spade feet, later blocks, restorations, the needlework by 'THE LADIES WORK SOCIETY LTD'; the later set incorporating two armchairs and four sidechairs, upholstered in close-nailed yellow cotton (12)

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The design of the splat for this set of chairs is similar to that illustrated in Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1783, part II, pl. XXVI. While the central pierced splat, with its acanthus-leaf spray, terminating in further foliage, features as pl. 8, no. 6, 'intended for a parlour chair', the side supports with the fan motif, relate to pl. 8, no. 2.
A set of eight similar mahogany dining-chairs was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 25 February 1994, lot 111, and a further set of six similar mahogany armchairs was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 23 April 1988, lot 116.