Lot Essay
For a mahogany side chair with a similar arrangement of scrolls to the back see The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 209, no. 20.
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MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with scrolled vase-shaped splat above a rounded seat with later drop-in seats covered in burgandy velvet, on acanthus and scroll-clasped cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet, one marked 'IX', one marked 'IIV'
Each 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with scrolled vase-shaped splat above a rounded seat with later drop-in seats covered in burgandy velvet, on acanthus and scroll-clasped cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet, one marked 'IX', one marked 'IIV'
Each 38 ½ in. (98 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Edward Hurst, 20 April 2011.
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