拍品 463
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Including two armchairs, each with a slightly arched top rail, lattice splat and a dished green horse-hair upholstered seat, on square tapering legs joined by H-stretchers (4)
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拍品專文

This form of fretted-trellis splat was probably invented in the mid-1780's by Sir John Soane (d.1837). The combination of square back, lattice splat and high-set arms, in numerous variations, was popularised in the 1790's by Sheraton in various editions of The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book