THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With shaped toprail above a pierced Gothic splat and padded seat covered in yellow silk damask, on square blind-fret legs headed by later pierced angle-brackets and joined by strechers (2)

Provenance

Bought from Great Brampton House Antiques, Madley, Hereford, 15 July 1987.

Special notice

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

The chairs, with serpentined French 'picturesque' crestings combined with 'gothic' fretted pilaster legs in the mid-18th century 'Modern' fashion, relate to 'Parlour Chair' patterns in Robert Manwaring's The Cabinet and Chair-Maker's Real Friend and Companion, 1765 (pl. 5).

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