Lot 171
171
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS, each with waved toprail centred by an acanthus-clasp above a pierced Gothic vase-shaped splat and padded serpentine seat covered in orange and green floral material, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus carving and on scroll feet, largely re-railed, restorations (6)

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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS, each with waved toprail centred by an acanthus-clasp above a pierced Gothic vase-shaped splat and padded serpentine seat covered in orange and green floral material, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus carving and on scroll feet, largely re-railed, restorations (6)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 10-13 February 1989, lot 65

Lot Essay

The design of the back is based on a pattern that appeared in both the new editions of Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1st Edition, 1754, pl. XIII and 3rd edition, 1763, pl. X (see: E. White, The Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1991, p. 62)

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