Lot 49
49
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Each with a rectangular Chinese trellis back above a drop-in seat covered in green horsehair, on square chamfered legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, with oval label inscribed '275' (2)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The fretted rail back corresponds to the pattern entitled 'Chinese Double brac'd Paleig' in W. Halfpenny's Twenty New Designs of Chinese Lattice, 1750 (pl. 2). The same pattern was adopted for a set of chairs commissioned by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury, for St. Giles's House, Dorset and sold by the 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, in these Rooms, 26 June 1980, lot 39.

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