CIRCA 1750

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1750
Each with arched padded back and serpentine padded seat covered in gros and petit point needlework, the back of one depicting a dancing family, the other depicting two ladies in a garden, the seats with exotic birds amongst foliage, the shaped padded arms with serpentine supports with rockwork clasp and channelled arm terminals, on channelled cabriole legs headed by carved foliage, the front feet tipped, repairs to arm-supports, two front ears replaced (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 June 1978, lot 25.

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Lot Essay

These richly-carved chairs, elegently serpentined in the mid-18th century 'picturesque' manner, relate to 'French Chair' patterns published in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd ed., 1762 and in Mayhew & Ince's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762. In particular the volute-scrolled arms supported on S-scrolled trusses are featured in Mayhew'’s pattern for a 'bergere' easy-chair (ibid., pl. 60).

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