Lot 273
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A GREEN PAINTED PINE, ASH AND BENTWOOD CHAIR, IRISH, PROBABLY SOUTH ULSTER, MID 19TH CENTURY
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A GREEN PAINTED PINE, ASH AND BENTWOOD CHAIR, IRISH, PROBABLY SOUTH ULSTER, MID 19TH CENTURY

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A GREEN PAINTED PINE, ASH AND BENTWOOD CHAIR, IRISH, PROBABLY SOUTH ULSTER, MID 19TH CENTURY
the back of bentwood X-shaped design, rounded to meet angled front arm uprights, the rounded seat raised on splayed legs -- 35in. (89cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

This unusual chair design is part of the repertoire of creative regional chairs made throughout Ireland; the shape of the back may represent the prow of a boat or even a Bishop's mitre. See Claudia Kinmonth, Irish Country Furniture 1700 - 1950, Yale, 1993 p.40 fig 38 for a similar chair

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