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A GEORGE II BURR-WALNUT SIDE CHAIR
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A GEORGE II BURR-WALNUT SIDE CHAIR

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II BURR-WALNUT SIDE CHAIR
MID-18TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular back headed by a shell above a baluster-shaped splat, the rounded padded seat covered in associated 18th century floral needlework, on cabriole legs headed by foliage and husks, the front seat rail centred by a shell, on pad feet, the back seat-rail incised with Roman numerals 'VII'
39 in. (99 cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

An armchair, with petit point needlework on the back and seat, and with a similar shell motif on its seat-rail and similar profile of carving on the legs was in the collection of Percival D. Griffiths, F.S.A., Sandridgebury and illustrated in R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1929, p. 50, fig. 29. A stool with related shell is illustrated as fig. 82. A related early 18th century walnut side chair, with similarly-carved toprail and baluster-shaped splat was sold anonymously, Sotheby's, New York, lot 443 ($10,456).