Lot 47
47
A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III PAINTED OPEN ARMCHAIRS decorated overall on a black ground with flowers, each with pierced shield-shaped back filled with Prince-of-Wales' feathers, with downscrolled arms and rush seat on square tapering legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, restorations to decoration (8)

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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III PAINTED OPEN ARMCHAIRS decorated overall on a black ground with flowers, each with pierced shield-shaped back filled with Prince-of-Wales' feathers, with downscrolled arms and rush seat on square tapering legs joined by an H-shaped stretcher, restorations to decoration (8)

Lot Essay

Engraved patterns for elegantly japanned chairs with antique shield back and ribbon-tied splat, displaying the Prince of Wales's ostrich-plume badge, were first published in A.Hepplewhite and Co.'s Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788

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