A SET OF TWENTY WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS

POSSIBLY IRISH, CIRCA 1835

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A SET OF TWENTY WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
POSSIBLY IRISH, CIRCA 1835
Including two armchairs, each with a carved foliate shaped back centered by a harp, the padded back and seat covered in light green woven fabic, on tapering legs, the apron of the armchairs centered by a mask and on cabriole legs (20)

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Lot Essay

The harp crest may indicate a public commission for an Irish town hall (although the harp is in reverse to the harp of Ireland). Indeed, the design relates closely to the set (with liver bird crest) supplied by London makers Morel and Seddon for the Liverpool Town Hall in 1829 (J. Dean, 'Regency Furniture in Liverpool Town Hall', Furniture History, 1989, fig.29). Some chairs from the Liverpool suite are stamped by makers W. Turner and Son (ten of which were sold Christie's, London, 12 February 1998, lots 420 and 421).

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