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A SET OF EIGHT REGENCY EBONISED, SIMULATED-ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT DINING-CHAIRS
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A SET OF EIGHT REGENCY EBONISED, SIMULATED-ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT DINING-CHAIRS

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A SET OF EIGHT REGENCY EBONISED, SIMULATED-ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT DINING-CHAIRS
Comprising four open armchairs and four side chairs, each with rope-twist curved bar toprail above a horizontal tablet splat, the armchairs with scrolled-channelled arms, above a caned seat with squab cushion, two covered in fawn material, six covered in coloured stripes, on sabre legs, the armchairs stamped 'X', six chairs inscribed 'Simpson', seven stamped 'IB', one armchair stamped 'IB' twice (8)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to John Finch Simpson, Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, whose daughter Mary (d.1843) married in 1828,
Edward Dawson (b.1802) and by descent to their son
Edward Finch Dawson (1836-1892), Launde Abbey, and by descent to the present owner.
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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

The contemporary inscription on the seatrails 'Simpson' confirms the family tradition that these chairs came from Launde Abbey, Leicestershire. This medieval priory was modernised in the late 18th century by John Simpson of Leicester, who had bought the house in 1763.

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