MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
MID-18TH CENTURY
Covered in yellow silk-damask, the outscrolled arms carved with a rockwork and acanthus spray, the waved seat-rail centred by an acanthus cabochon, on acanthus and rockwork-headed cabriole legs and scroll feet, leather castors

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 November 1990, lot 284.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This elegantly serpentined chair is designed in the 'picturesque' manner popularised by Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director of 1754. The leg relates to that on a chair dated 1753 and the arm relates to that on a 'French Chair' (Director, 3rd ed., 1762, plates 14 and 19).
A related armchair, possibly by Thomas Chippendale, was sold in the 50 Years of Collecting sale, Christie's, London, 14 May 2003, lot 68.

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