Lot Essay
Seat-furniture with virtually identical splats are illustrated in J.T. Kirk, American Furniture & The British Tradition to 1830, New York, 1982, p. 278, figs 1001-1006, particularly fig. 1004.
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MID-18TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
MID-18TH CENTURY
The pierced rectangular-shaped splat carved with interlaced strapwork, below a serpentine toprail, the curved arms with scrolled terminals above a padded drop-in brown leather seat, on square chamfered legs joined by stretchers
39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high
MID-18TH CENTURY
The pierced rectangular-shaped splat carved with interlaced strapwork, below a serpentine toprail, the curved arms with scrolled terminals above a padded drop-in brown leather seat, on square chamfered legs joined by stretchers
39½ in. (100.5 cm.) high
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