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CIRCA 1760
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY GAINSBOROUGH CHAIR
CIRCA 1760
The rectangular padded back, arm and serpentine-fronted seat covered in green velvet, on cabriole legs with scrolled feet
CIRCA 1760
The rectangular padded back, arm and serpentine-fronted seat covered in green velvet, on cabriole legs with scrolled feet
Literature
A related chair and a related pair of Gainsborough chairs with gilt carved details are illustrated in: C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture; The Norman Adams Collection, 2nd revised edition, Woodbridge, 1999, p. 41 and p. 45
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