Lot 196
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A SET OF TEN MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
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A SET OF TEN MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

BY BUSBY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF TEN MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
By Busby, late 19th Century
Each with curved tablet toprail with reeded edge above an open back with pierced horizontal splat between reeded uprights, the reeded downswept arms on reeded entasis column supports, above a bowed caned seat with loose squab cushion covered in beige material, on reeded tapering front legs, on bulb feet, backswept rear legs, four stamped 'BUSBY', two chairs stamped 'E.F.', with batten carrying holes (10)
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Sale room notice
Two chairs from this set are modern.

Lot Essay

The reed-enriched and compass-fronted chairs have Grecian-tablet rails and pillared arms in the 'antique' manner popularised by Thomas Sheraton's, Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterers and General Artist's Encyclopaedia, 1804-1807, p. 16-17.
The stamp 'A. Busby' has been recorded on Regency chairs with reeded frames sold Dreweatt, Watson & Barton, 26 January 1983 The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1986, p. 136).

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