Details
A late George III black-painted open armchair, in the manner of Robert Adam, with canted top-rail and three vertical splats above rush seat and square tapering legs joined by stretchers, reduced in height, late decorated.
Further details
cf.A set of six chairs at Osterley Park with similarly canted top-rail and shaped uprights, but with painted decoration in the Etruscan Manner (Maurice Tomlin, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture. Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982, p.147).
A similar pair of armchairs were offered in these rooms 10th April 1991, Lot 165.
A similar pair of armchairs were offered in these rooms 10th April 1991, Lot 165.