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ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SAUNDERS, CIRCA 1755-60
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SAUNDERS, CIRCA 1755-60
En suite, each with padded back and seat covered in red cut-velvet, the shaped rectangular back and serpentine seat on scrolled, acanthus and cabochon-carved cabriole legs with scrolled feet, one front right leg repaired
38½ in. (98 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep (2)
ATTRIBUTED TO PAUL SAUNDERS, CIRCA 1755-60
En suite, each with padded back and seat covered in red cut-velvet, the shaped rectangular back and serpentine seat on scrolled, acanthus and cabochon-carved cabriole legs with scrolled feet, one front right leg repaired
38½ in. (98 cm.) high; 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Supplied to John Spencer, later 1st Earl Spencer (1734-83), probably for Spencer House, London, but possibly for Wimbledon Park, Surrey or Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Thence by descent at Spencer House to Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), by whom moved to Althorp, Northamptonshire circa 1926 and thence by descent.
Thence by descent at Spencer House to Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), by whom moved to Althorp, Northamptonshire circa 1926 and thence by descent.
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Althorp, Furniture, Vol. I, circa 1937 and later
C. Spencer, Althorp, The Story of An English House, London, 1998, p. 128 (illustrated in situ in the Oak Bedroom).
C. Spencer, Althorp, The Story of An English House, London, 1998, p. 128 (illustrated in situ in the Oak Bedroom).
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