A SET OF EIGHT BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DINING-CHAIRS

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PROPERTY FROM THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION, REMOVED FROM THE PARIS RESIDENCE (LOTS 432-437)

A SET OF EIGHT BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DINING-CHAIRS

OF GEORGE I STYLE, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY

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A SET OF EIGHT BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED DINING-CHAIRS
OF GEORGE I STYLE, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY
Comprising six side chairs and two armchairs, each with shaped rectangular caned back and seat, the back with baluster-shaped splat decorated with standing figures surmounted by a pierced foliate cresting, on cabriole legs, joined by an H-shaped stretcher
The side chairs 43¾ in. (111 cm.) high; the armchairs 46½ in. (118 cm.) high (8)

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Lot Essay

The caned chairs, japanned in imitation of Chinese lacquer, have vase splats and cabriole-scrolled truss feet in the 1720s fashion. Amongst the leading firms manufacturing such furniture in the early 20th century was that of Salamon Hille (Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition, Hille: 75 years of British Furniture, 1981).

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