Lot 161
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A GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIR, the pierced cartouche-shaped back decorated with beads and Prince-of-Wales feathers above drapery, the padded drop-in seat covered in striped material, on turned tapering legs decorated with leaves, on turned feet, the front seat-rail strengthened, the decoration refreshed

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A GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT OPEN ARMCHAIR, the pierced cartouche-shaped back decorated with beads and Prince-of-Wales feathers above drapery, the padded drop-in seat covered in striped material, on turned tapering legs decorated with leaves, on turned feet, the front seat-rail strengthened, the decoration refreshed
Provenance
James Thursby Pelham, Esq.

Lot Essay

The elegant 'antique' shield chair-back appears to have been introduced to furniture design in the 1770s by the architect James Wyatt (d.1813). It is here coupled to the Prince of Wales' ostrich feather badge which was popularised by A. Hepplewhite and Co.'s Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788. The pattern is discussed by John Cornforth in Country Life, 18 February 1993, p. 49, with reference to a painted board in the collection of Mr. Roger Warner that appears to have served as a specimen for different painting schemes.

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