THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE 7TH EARL OF HAREWOOD, K.B.E. SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1750-60

Details

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1750-60
The rectangular trellis and rosette-carved back with a shaped top rail above pierced and C-scroll arms and a caned drop-in seat on square chamfered legs joined by similar H-stretchers and with brass caps and castors, old repairs, stamped 'I', inscribed to edge of drop-in seat '280', two stretchers replaced, slightly reduced in height
41¾ in. (106 cm.) high; 26¼ in. (67 cm.) wide; 30½ in. (78 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Edwin Lascelles, Lord Harewood (d.1795) and thence by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Literature

Harewood House, Yorkshire, guide book, early 1980s, p.17, photographed in the Spanish Library. Harewood, Yorkshire, guide book, pp. 26 - 27, photographed in the Spanish Library

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Lot Essay

The chair reflects the George II style described as 'Modern', in Thomas Chippendale's, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, Its pierced lattice back, laminated to offer strength and flexibility, recalls designs for 'Gothick Chairs' published in Robert Manwaring's The Cabinet and Chair-Maker's Real Friend and Companion, 1765, pl. 13.

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