IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW & INCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW & INCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Re-upholstered in trophy patterned fabric, each with a foliate-carved oval back and padded arms with scroll terminals, above a shaped seat with fluted rails, on conforming beaded and fluted tapering legs headed by paterae, re-gilt

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 22 January 1994, lot 228.

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Lot Essay

These saloon chairs are designed in the 'French' style, and with their characteristic inverted baluster legs and scrolled arms jointed into the tops of the legs they relate to the work of the London firm of Mayhew & Ince. Similar features are found on a pair of beechwood armchairs, sold Christie's New York, 23 April 1988, lot 130, described as being nearly identical to a set of six at Syon House, Middlesex, and illustrated in R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, revd. ed. (1954), p. 290, fig. 203.

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