Lot 23
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A set of four Scottish George III elm hall chairs
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A set of four Scottish George III elm hall chairs

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A set of four Scottish George III elm hall chairs
Each with a pierced arched waisted back, centred by a bead bordered oval with an armorial with initials RC enclosed by a belt with the motto transfigam, with a solid recessed roundel bowed seat on fret-carved front and back supports with dual splayed feet, old repairs (4)
Provenance
Robert Colt of Auldhame and Gartsherrie, Inveresk House, Lothian and by descent to Ronald Colt
Purchased in the 1930's from the executors of the late Ronald Colt
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The design of the backs is inspired by those illustrated in Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, 3rd edition, 1762, pls XVII and XVIII. Chairs with similar backs have been sold at Christie's King Street, 21 April 1994, lot 250 and in these rooms, Property Removed from the Old Vicarage, West Malling, Kent, 23 September 1998, lot 509.

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