FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE I WALNUT WING ARMCHAIR
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular tapering eared padded back, scrolled arms and squab cushion covered in associated 18th century floral needlework, on cabriole legs headed by a shell issuing acanthus and eagle's head brackets, on naturalistic eagle's ball-and-claw feet, the front feet previously wih sunk castors, restorations and replacements to the needlework

Provenance

With Charles Lee, 1990.

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Lot Essay

The bedroom apartment chair has shell and foliate-carved legs flanked by eagle's heads and terminate in 'claw' feet. It relates to a George II stool also carved with animal heads in the style of William Kent (d. 1748) (L. Synge, Chairs in Colour, Poole, 1978, pl. 9b).

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