Lot 109
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A SET OF TEN REGENCY BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED OPEN ARMCHAIRS
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A SET OF TEN REGENCY BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED OPEN ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1800

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A SET OF TEN REGENCY BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED OPEN ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1800
Each with caned semi-disc back below a key-decorated scrolled toprail, above downswept arms and a caned seat with champagne silk-covered squab, on turned tapering legs, two stamped 'L D', decoration refreshed, some rerailing (10)
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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

These japanned and light-framed chairs, designed in the French/antique fashion popularised around 1800 by the publications of Thomas Sheraton, relate in particular to the work of John Gee (fl. 1779-1824) of Wardour Street, 'Chairmaker and Turner in Ordinary to George III' (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, figs. 376-394).
In 1802 Gillows manufactured a related chair with circular caned back called in their Estimate Sketch Book a 'Montgomery' chair.

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