Lot Essay
Probably either the '6 chairs' recorded in the 'Anti-Room' or the '6 chairs' recorded in the Library in the '1839' Inventory.
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CIRCA 1820
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A SET OF SIX GEORGE IV ELM AND BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1820
Upholstered à chassis, each with curved padded removable back banded in bird's-eye maple veneer on both sides, above a bowed padded removable seat, on turned baluster legs joined by an X-frame stretcher, two covered in floral patterned chintz, three in calico, one in lily-of-the-valley chintz, one back broken, two back legs spliced, the seatrails inscribed in chalk 'Drawing room' (6)
CIRCA 1820
Upholstered à chassis, each with curved padded removable back banded in bird's-eye maple veneer on both sides, above a bowed padded removable seat, on turned baluster legs joined by an X-frame stretcher, two covered in floral patterned chintz, three in calico, one in lily-of-the-valley chintz, one back broken, two back legs spliced, the seatrails inscribed in chalk 'Drawing room' (6)
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