Lot 38
38
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS in the French manner with arched padded back, outward scrolling arms and serpentine seat covered in associated 18th Century Aubusson tapestry woven with baskets of flowers on a light blue ground within foliate cartouches, the waved seat-rail carved with acanthus and centred by rockwork, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus and scrolled feet, with later blocks, with exhibition label, extensive restorations, one with repair to back leg, the other with repair to both back legs, the front rails resupported (2)

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS in the French manner with arched padded back, outward scrolling arms and serpentine seat covered in associated 18th Century Aubusson tapestry woven with baskets of flowers on a light blue ground within foliate cartouches, the waved seat-rail carved with acanthus and centred by rockwork, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus and scrolled feet, with later blocks, with exhibition label, extensive restorations, one with repair to back leg, the other with repair to both back legs, the front rails resupported (2)
Provenance
The Holmes Collection
Exhibited
Temple Newsam House, Leeds, an exhibition of furniture by, and in the manner of Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) June 8 - July 15, 1951, No.55, lent by Percy Dalton

Lot Essay

This chair is particularly close to the design of the Barlow Hall suite, discussed by J. F. Hayward, 'An English suite of furniture with embroidered covers, Connoisseur, vol. CLV, 1964 pp. 147-149, and sold in these Rooms, 22 November 1962, lot 38. An armchair of this pattern was also sold in these Rooms, 29 November 1979, lot 86. Two suites at Petworth House, Sussex have similar rockwork-centred seatrails.

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