CIRCA 1835

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A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS**
CIRCA 1835
Each with a padded rectangular back and seat covered in green material, with a pierced gothic toprail, the arms with turned supports, above a gothic seatrail, on cluster-column legs (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 November 2001, lot 287.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A set of gothic chairs in the gallery at Croft Castle, Herefordshire, and originally from Farleigh Castle, Somerset, share the rectilinear arms of these chairs (Guidebook, 1991, p. 19).

The gothic-fretted chair frames have quatrefoiled rails and cusp-arched tablets relating to a suite of George IV dining-chairs commissioned by the Earl of Derby for Knowsley Hall, Lancashire (sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 27 June 1985, lot 91).

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