COMPRISING A SET OF FIVE AND A SET OF SEVEN

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TWELVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Comprising a set of five and a set of seven
Each with a padded back and seat covered in buttoned green foliate silk-damask, the waved toprail and serpentine seat on square legs joined by stretchers, on later brass castors, the set of five with beech seat-rails and originally with dished seats, the set of seven with elm and oak rails and with shaped back foot, all with later serpentine toprail and added serpentine seatrail (12)

Provenance

Probably supplied to George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea and 4th Earl of Nottingham (1752-1826) for Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present chairs have probably been at Burley-on-the-Hill, the great Italianate mansion, home of the Finch family, Earls of Nottingham and Winchilsea, since the 18th Century. The 9th Earl of Winchilsea (d. 1826) was a patron of John Mayhew and William Ince, the Golden Square cabinet-makers, payments to whom are recorded at Hoare's bank. Among the furniture that Mayhew and Ince supplied, was the commode, sold by E.R. Hanbury, Esq., Burley-on-the-Hill, in these Rooms, 6 July 1989, lot 147. It is possible therefore that the present chairs were also supplied by Mayhew and Ince.

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