A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1760

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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1760
Each with pagoda crest above pierced splat, with outscrolled arms above drop in seat upholstered in red herringbone, with blind-fret-carved rails and legs, with C-scroll brackets (2)

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Lot Essay

George II's reign witnessed the proliferation of such railed and pagoda-crested chairs in both the 'picturesque' Chinese tea pavilions of the landscaped parks as well as in fashionable bedroom apartments hung in Chinese flowered papers (see W. and J. Halfpenny, Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste, 1751-2). This armchair pattern relates to one of Thomas Chippendale's 1750s 'Chinese Chair' patterns 'proper for lady's Dressing Rooms,' which he hoped would 'improve that Taste, or Manner of work, it never having yet arrived to any Perfection' (T. Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers Director, 1762 (pl. XXVII). A side chair from a related suite is illustrated L. Synge, Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 121, fig. 135.

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