Lot 121
121
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE, the interlaced back centred by ribbon-tied Prince-of-Wales feathers flanked by garlanded swags, the out-scrolled panelled arms with rosette terminals above a padded seat covered in claret leather, on square tapering panelled legs and spade feet, restorations, the front seat-rail replaced, the leather distressed

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE, the interlaced back centred by ribbon-tied Prince-of-Wales feathers flanked by garlanded swags, the out-scrolled panelled arms with rosette terminals above a padded seat covered in claret leather, on square tapering panelled legs and spade feet, restorations, the front seat-rail replaced, the leather distressed
57in. (145cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A. Hepplwwhite & Co.'s Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pls. 1 and 21, featured a chair with the Prince of Wales's feather-badge together with this pattern of flower-voluted arm on a multi-shield-back settee. This actual pattern of chair-back with veil-festooned and ribbon-tied feathers corresponds closely to a design of 1788 in the Estimate Books of Messrs. Gillows of London and Lancaster. A related armchair is illustrated M. Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture, London, 1982, p. 5

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