SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II WALNUT AND BEECH CORNER ARMCHAIR
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The open arched upper back with vase-shaped splat carved with a shell, with U-shaped arms with scroll terminals above vase-shaped splats and above a padded drop-in seat covered in early 20th century floral needlework, on three club legs with squared feet and one central cabriole leg headed by a shell and on a pad foot
43in. (109 cm.) height of splat

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Lot Essay

The antiquarian chair has a two-tiered back relating to rustic Windsor chairs as featured in Arthur Devis's 1740s portrait of Lascelles Raymond Iremonger, and discussed in N. G. Evans' chapter 'The English Windsor' in American Windsor Chairs, New York, 1996 (pp. 50-57 and figs. 1-25). A related Rhode Island 'Roundabout' chair is illustrated in H. Sack and D. Levison, 'American roundabout chairs', Antiques, May 1991 (p. 83).

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