A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY DINING-CHAIRS

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY DINING-CHAIRS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with a foliate-carved shield-shaped back with three splats, the pierced interlaced central splat with a sycamore patera above a green leather-covered padded seat on moulded square tapering legs joined by H-stretchers, re-railed
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 21½ in. (55 cm.) deep (8)

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A closely related chair is illustrated in Percy Macquoid, The Age of Satinwood, London, 1908, p.172. Another set of ten with carved paterae to the backs are illustrated in C. Claxton-Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century Furniture - The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1983, p.76.

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