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A PAIR OF SCOTTISH GEORGE III FRUITWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
EACH WITH RECTANGULAR PIERCED BACK AND OUT-LEANING ARMS FILLED WITH CHINESE PALING, THE PADDED DROP-IN SEAT COVERED IN ASSOCIATED 18TH CENTURY PETIT-POINT WOOL FLORAL NEEDLEWORK, ON CANTED SQUARE LEGS HEADED BY PIERCED FRET ANGLE-BRACKETS, RESTORATIONS AND REPAIR TO ONE FRONT FOOT
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EACH WITH RECTANGULAR PIERCED BACK AND OUT-LEANING ARMS FILLED WITH CHINESE PALING, THE PADDED DROP-IN SEAT COVERED IN ASSOCIATED 18TH CENTURY PETIT-POINT WOOL FLORAL NEEDLEWORK, ON CANTED SQUARE LEGS HEADED BY PIERCED FRET ANGLE-BRACKETS, RESTORATIONS AND REPAIR TO ONE FRONT FOOT
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Provenance
THE NEEDLEWORK POSSIBLY WORKED BY ELEANOR CARTER OF BATHAFERN, DENBIGH, WALES, WHO MARRIED FRANCIS ANDERSON (D. 1758), THE FATHER OF 1ST BARON YARBOROUGH
PRESUMABLY IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE NEEDLEWORK WAS USED TO COVER GEORGE III CHAIRS OF SLIGHTLY LATER DATE AND THE COMBINATION PASSED BY DESCENT TO
THE 6TH EARL OF YARBOROUGH, SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 28 OCTOBER 1965, LOT 77 (PART)
PRESUMABLY IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE NEEDLEWORK WAS USED TO COVER GEORGE III CHAIRS OF SLIGHTLY LATER DATE AND THE COMBINATION PASSED BY DESCENT TO
THE 6TH EARL OF YARBOROUGH, SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 28 OCTOBER 1965, LOT 77 (PART)