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MID-18TH CENTURY
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AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
Mid-18th century
The yoke-form crestrail with backscrolled and acanthus-carved eared corners centering a foliate clasp above a pierced interlocking vertical splat flanked by outswept arms with inscrolled terminals, the pale blue chinoiserie-patterned silk damask-upholstered drop-in seat above a plain apron with gadrooned lower edge, on acanthus-carved cabriole legs with patera angles and claw-and-ball feet, carved to the front seat rail VV, with the yellow chalk inscription E1303
Mid-18th century
The yoke-form crestrail with backscrolled and acanthus-carved eared corners centering a foliate clasp above a pierced interlocking vertical splat flanked by outswept arms with inscrolled terminals, the pale blue chinoiserie-patterned silk damask-upholstered drop-in seat above a plain apron with gadrooned lower edge, on acanthus-carved cabriole legs with patera angles and claw-and-ball feet, carved to the front seat rail VV, with the yellow chalk inscription E1303
Provenance
Anon.sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 18 November 1972, lot 707.