Lot Essay
A chair of virtually identical design is illustrated in H. Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, New York, n.d., vol.II, p.185, fig.184.
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CIRCA 1765
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
Circa 1765
The serpentine crestrail with swagged drapery and tassle above a rose-shaped pierced splat, down scrolled arms and drop-in needlepoint seat, gadroon-carved seatrail on C-scroll and foliate-carved cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet
Circa 1765
The serpentine crestrail with swagged drapery and tassle above a rose-shaped pierced splat, down scrolled arms and drop-in needlepoint seat, gadroon-carved seatrail on C-scroll and foliate-carved cabriole legs ending in claw-and-ball feet