A PAIR OF OAK AND ELM DINING-CHAIRS

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A PAIR OF OAK AND ELM DINING-CHAIRS
The arched toprails above pierced vertical splats, the hide upholstered serpentine drop-in seats, on moulded square supports joined by square stretchers and headed by foliate-carved angle brackets (2)

Provenance

William S. Miller Esq for Balmanno Castle and thence by direct descent to the present owner.

Lot Essay

This pair of chairs, and another identical pair, formerly at Gibliston and a similar set of four, formerly at Gibliston were, by Lorimer family tradition, copied from mid-18th Century Scottish dining-chairs at The Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh

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