A NEAR PAIR OF GEORGE IV ELM HALL CHAIRS

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A NEAR PAIR OF GEORGE IV ELM HALL CHAIRS
The stained circular backs centred with the France-Hayhurst crest, the oval seat on turned legs
33in. (84cm.) high, 15in. (38cm.) wide, the seat 10½in. (27cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The chairs were commissioned by James France of Bostock Hall, Cheshire, and bear his arms of a 'hurst' with a shield charged with a fleur-de-lis and hanging from a tree. Their Roman-medallion backs, with reed-enriched shields supported on sarcophagus-scrolled trestles, relates to a pattern in The London Chairmakers' and Carvers' Book of Prices, 1802.

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