Lot 17
17
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GEORGE III EBONISED OPEN ARMCHAIRS, each with oval padded back, arm-rests and seat covered in buttoned red leather, with channelled frame and on cabriole legs headed by stylised scallop-shells, one with repairs to back, seat-rails strengthened, minor variations (2)

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III EBONISED OPEN ARMCHAIRS, each with oval padded back, arm-rests and seat covered in buttoned red leather, with channelled frame and on cabriole legs headed by stylised scallop-shells, one with repairs to back, seat-rails strengthened, minor variations (2)

Lot Essay

The pattern for the 'Louis XV' serpentined frame of this medallion-back chair was published by Thomas Malton in his Compleat Treatise on Perspective, 1775, pl. XXXIII, fig. 131. The rich buttoning reflects fashionable upholstery of the early 19th century

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