IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM MASTERS, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY STOOL
IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM MASTERS, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
En suite with the pair of armchairs, the scrolled padded ends and seat covered in faded green cotton printed with peacocks and trees, on fretwork-carved legs, on iron anti-friction castors, with ash seat-rails and the possibly original scrim, webbing and stuffing, lacking angle-brackets, finished on both sides
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 62¾ in. (159.5 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Oxley family, The Hall, Ripon, Yorkshire and by family descent.

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Lot Essay

The stool, en suite with the previous lot, is designed in the mid-eighteenth century 'Modern' style as promoted by Thomas Chippendale's patterns for Chinese fretwork in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754-1762. A set of related side chairs, stools and armchairs with fretwork-carved legs and pierced stretchers was supplied to John Murray (d. 1764), 2nd Duke of Atholl for Blair Castle, Perthshire by William Masters of Coventry Street, Piccadilly in 1756 and also in 1760. A pair of side chairs from the set, which comprised at least fifty side chairs, was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 14 June 2001, lot 109 (£17,625).

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