POSSIBLY IRISH

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
Possibly Irish
Each with a solid shield-shaped back centred by a satinwood oval panel painted with the Hamilton crest, with a shaped support and solid bowfront seat, on turned tapering legs with turned feet, one with paper label inscribed in ink 'J.Hamilton Esq. Feb.Y 1st 1884 (?)', the other with paper label faintly inscribed '... Hamilton ...', one back-rail replaced (4)

Provenance

Probably supplied to Hans Hamilton Esq. (d. 1822) for Sheephill, Co. Dublin and by descent to
James Hans Hamilton (d. 1863) of Abbotstown (alias Sheephill), Co. Dublin and by descent to
The Lords Holmpatrick, Abbotstown.

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Lot Essay

The Hamilton 'heart-bearing Antelope' crest is painted on golden satinwood medallions inlaid within Grecian-black ribbons; while the hall-chairs' triumphal-arched 'shield' backs are supported on sarcophagus-scrolled plinths, and their compass-fronted seats are supported on Grecian reed-wreathed columnar feet. Their French/antique architecture features in Thomas Sheraton's, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793; and these handsome chairs are likely to have been commissioned for Sheephill (later Abbotstown) Co. Dublin by Hans Hamilton of Sheephill (d. 1822) around the time of his appointment in 1803 as High Sheriff.

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