SIX 19TH CENTURY, EIGHT 19TH/20TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

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A SET OF FOURTEEN MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
SIX 19TH CENTURY, EIGHT 19TH/20TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Each with carved toprail above a ribbon-carved pierced splat, on foliate-carved cabriole legs, the six with yellow cut-velvet seats, the eight with needlework seats; together with chair covers supplied by John Fowler
38 in. (96 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The chair pattern is based on Thomas Chippendale's designs for 'Ribband Back Chairs', published in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762, No. XV, and a set of chairs at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire, supplied around 1755 by Chippendale also correspond closely to the design. A closely related set of six chairs, by Gillow and Co., were sold in these rooms from Linley Hall: From the Collection of the Late Sir Jasper and Lady More, 9 March 2016, lot 39 (£10,000 including premium).

The needlepoint was stitched by the grandmother of the present owner, in the 1950s.

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