LATE 18TH CENTURY, ONE STAMPED N. TODD, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE JUNIOR

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III BEECH OPEN ARMCHAIRS
LATE 18TH CENTURY, ONE STAMPED N. TODD, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE JUNIOR
Each with rectangular back and seat, the frame channelled, the arms with Greek-key and fluted supports, on fluted, ring-turned tapering legs, covered in yellow cotton and backed in check cotton, one stamped 'CS' twice and 'N TODD', red-painted Ford Inv. Nos. BB-3 & 4, previously decorated
34 ½ in. (90 cm.) high; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) wide; 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Property from the Estate of Henry Ford II; sold Sotheby's, Turville Grange, 5 December 1988, lot 37.

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Lot Essay

Whilst no record has been found of the 'N. Todd' or 'CS' who stamped one of these chairs, it is worth noting some of the subtle details of the frame, such as the key-pattern carving, a feature employed by Thomas Chippendale and displayed in a drawing attributed to Chippendale Jnr for Harewood House (J. Goodison, The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior, London & New York, 2017, p. 67, pl. 62).

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