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A MATCHED SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
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A MATCHED SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a set of six side chairs and two armchairs, each with serpentine toprail above a Gothic arch pierced vertical splat surmounted by an acanthus spray and with pierced quatrefoils between reeded stiles above a serpentine padded seat covered in ivory foliate silk damask, on square reeded legs joined by stretchers, the armchairs rerailed and with variations (8)
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Lot Essay

The gothic splat pattern,with quatrefoiled fret, derives from a parlour chair design in Thomas Chippendale's, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd ed., 1762, pl. XVI. A related splat features on a set of chairs illustrated in M. Harris & Sons, The English Chair, London, 1937, pl. LXVII.

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