A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II, MID-18TH CENTURY A PAIR OF THE SAME MODEL, LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY A SET OF FOUR SIMILAR, 19TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED SET OF TEN MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS, POSSIBLY IRISH
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II, MID-18TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF THE SAME MODEL, LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY
A SET OF FOUR SIMILAR, 19TH CENTURY
Each with a rockwork and foliate-carved serpentine toprail above a pierced interlaced vertical splat above a drop-in seat covered in modern gros point and petit point needlework, on cabriole legs headed by foliage and claw feet (10)

Provenance

Frederick Howard Reed, Esq. (+), 3 Berkeley House, Hay Hill, London, W1; sold Christie's, London, 16 November 1955, lot 168.

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Lot Essay

The interlaced scroll backs of these chairs are of the same inspiration as the Rufford Abbey chairs most recently sold, Christie's London, 8 July 1993, lot 87 and 14 June 2001, lot 40.
A pair of armchairs, probably from the same set as some of these chairs, was sold from the collection of Mrs E. Guy Ridpath, Christie's, London, 29 March 1939, lot 287.
Another set of a very closely related model, but with gadrooned seat apron and cabochon-carved legs, is illustrated in R.W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1929, p. 214.

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