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Lot Essay
The chairs armorial medallions are framed by picturesque ribbon scrolls and gothic frets in the 'Modern' fashion illustrated in Thomas Chippendale's, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Directors, 1754-1762. However the serpentined form of their tall backs and seats corresponds to a hall-chair pattern sent to China to be executed in lacquer in the reign of George I.
The present chairs, with chamfered and laurel-capped legs, constitute part of the antiquarian 'Chippendale' style of the early 19th century, and can be compared with a set of chairs in the possession of George, Prince Regent, which were displayed on bamboo-patterned frames executed by Messrs Crace for the Grand Corridor of the Prince's Marine Pavilion, Brighton (J. Morley, The Royal Pavilion Brighton, London, 1984, fig. 169).
The present chairs, with chamfered and laurel-capped legs, constitute part of the antiquarian 'Chippendale' style of the early 19th century, and can be compared with a set of chairs in the possession of George, Prince Regent, which were displayed on bamboo-patterned frames executed by Messrs Crace for the Grand Corridor of the Prince's Marine Pavilion, Brighton (J. Morley, The Royal Pavilion Brighton, London, 1984, fig. 169).