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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1765

細節
A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Circa 1765
Each padded back and seat upholstered in brown and polychrome silk floral damask, on pierced and carved square legs with C-scrolled carved brackets, later blocks and originally with cross struts, the back legs possibly Victorian, with the stamped metal label W. WILLIAMSON & SONS/UPHOLSTERERS,/CABINETMAKERS & DECORATORS,/DEALERS IN OLD ENGLISH/FURNITURE, BRONZES,/& CHINA/GUILDFORD (2)

拍品專文

The design of the leg of these chairs in the 'Chinese Chippendale' taste follows a design for Chinese Chairs published in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director, Third Edition, 1762, pl. XXVIII.