THE SIX SIDE CHAIRS CIRCA 1800, TOGETHER WITH FOUR OPEN ARMCHAIRS OF DIFFERENT DESIGN, 20TH CENTURY

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TEN RUSSIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
The six side chairs circa 1800, together with four open armchairs of different design, 20th century
The armchairs each with reeded mounts and a square trellis back with downswept arms and seat covered in surge material, square tapering legs joined by stretchers, these side chairs with a five piece vertical splat above a conforming seat, on square tapering legs joined by stretchers (4)

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Lot Essay

This type of elegant brass-enriched dining-chair was developed in the 1790s, and various examples can be found in virtually all the Romanov palaces and in the collections of the Russian élite. A set of related armchairs is in the study at Pavlovsk, illustrated in E. Ducamp, Pavlovsk, the Palace and the Park, Paris, 1993, ppp. 162-163, and a further trellis-back chair at Monplaisir, is illustrated in A. Chenevière, Russian Furniture, London, 1988, p. 121, fig. 104. A set of six closely related side chairs and a set of related armchairs were sold anonymously at Sotheby's New York, lot 495 ($48,875;£ 29,442) and lot 470A ($48,875;£29,442) respectively.

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