LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY GEORGE III PAINTED WINDSOR ARMCHAIR
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With shaped toprail and outswept arms, several layers of paint visible
36½ in. (93 cm.) high; seat 17 in. (43 cm.) high, 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

An identical chair is illustrated in an article in Antiques entitled 'The first century of the English Windsor chair 1720-1820' by Simon Jervis, 1979, pg 360-366, fig.4. which Captain James Cook (1728- 1779) took with him on his final circumnavigation of the world which began in 1776 (owned by Trinity House, Hull).

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