A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR

CIRCA 1750, PREVIOUSLY BUT NOT ORIGINALLY WITH ARMS, NOW LACKING

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
Circa 1750, previously but not originally with arms, now lacking
The serpentine gadroon and floral-carved crest above a pierced rose-shaped interlaced splat, with later yellow silk drop-in seat over a gadroon-carved seatrail on foliate-carved cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet, inscribed on inside of replaced rear rail VIIII

Provenance

Possibly Percival D. Griffiths, Esq., Sandridgebury, Hertfordshire.

Literature

S. Masten, 'Dealer's Choice: A Showcase for Museum Pieces in North Carolina', Southern Accents, December 1984, p.72 (shown in situ in the Mary Lane Bedroom).

Lot Essay

A pair of chairs of this model from the Percival D. Griffiths collection is illustrated in M. Harris & Son, An Abridged Introductory Catalogue of Antique Furniture and Works of Art, n.d. (c.1920), p.41. Another is illustrated in H. Cescinsky, The Old-World House, New York, 1924, p.77, fig.4.

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