Lot 27
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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III BLACK AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS
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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III BLACK AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS

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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III BLACK AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS
Each decorated overall with palmette garlands and trailing flowers, the swagged shield-shaped back above a padded seat covered with green floral silk, on square tapering legs and spade feet, restorations to rails and decoration, three chairs marked in chalk '3165' (6)
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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

An armchair of this pattern, with apparently identical decoration, and therefore possibly from the same set, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (F.L. Hinckley, Hepplewhite, Sheraton and Regency Furniture, New York, 1987, p. 69, pl. 35, fig. 108).

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