Lot 48
48
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED GRAINED OPEN ARMCHAIRS in the manner of Henry Holland, each with curved fluted rectangular back, arm-rests and seat covered in pink-striped silk, the scrolled arms with roundel terminals and on padded fluted sabre legs, one with repair to one stile and one leg, one mount lacking, redecorated (2)

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED GRAINED OPEN ARMCHAIRS in the manner of Henry Holland, each with curved fluted rectangular back, arm-rests and seat covered in pink-striped silk, the scrolled arms with roundel terminals and on padded fluted sabre legs, one with repair to one stile and one leg, one mount lacking, redecorated (2)

Lot Essay

This design is a variation on a popular Franco-Grecian design that is associated with the architect Henry Holland (d.1806). For a note on the design see lot 29 in this sale.
A suite of ebonised chairs of this model and with an Irish provenance were offered by Anthony James & Son. Ltd. at the 1989 Grosvenor House Fair (see: Catalogue, p.272)

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