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AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LARGE OPEN ARMCHAIR
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AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LARGE OPEN ARMCHAIR

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AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LARGE OPEN ARMCHAIR
The serpentine toprail centred by a foliage-carved cartouche and ending in scrolled scallop shells, above a pierced vertical splat, the padded arms and seat covered in 20th Century gros point needlework of flowers on a blue ground, the downswept arm supports carved with foliage, on square legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, brass and leather castors, lacking one front ear
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Lot Essay

The pattern of the parlour chair'’s shell-capped back relates to that of the celebrated George II Dublin-crafted 'Malahide' chair (G.A. Kenyon, The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, Dublin, 1994, pp. 92-93). Its stretcher-tied legs and hollowed brackets feature on another Dublin-crafted chair, with related fretted-vase splat, illustrated in J. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830, New York, 1982, (fig. 922).

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