A pair of George III mahogany side chairs, each with arched cartouche-shaped back centred by an anthemion and bell-husk sprays on triple-pierced supports, centred by paterae, the padded seat upholstered in green silk, on chanelled cabriole legs.

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A pair of George III mahogany side chairs, each with arched cartouche-shaped back centred by an anthemion and bell-husk sprays on triple-pierced supports, centred by paterae, the padded seat upholstered in green silk, on chanelled cabriole legs.
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Cf. A similar armchair with pierced splats centred by paterae, from the J.Thursby Pelham Collection, illustrated in The Dictionary of English Furniture, Macquiod and Edwards, 2nd revised edition, 1954, Vol.I, fig 225. (2)

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