CIRCA 1740

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY STOOLS
CIRCA 1740
Each drop-in oval seat on hipped cabriole legs headed by shells and with ringed angles and claw-and-ball feet, with the original drop-in seat frames, webbing, and scrim beneath the current upholstery
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, 21 in. (53.3 cm.) wide, 15 ½ in. (39.4 cm.) deep (each)

Provenance

With Arthur S. Vernay Inc., New York.
Supplied by Vernay to Mrs. Morton Plant, (later Mrs. William Hayward, then Mrs. John Rovensky, née Mae Caldwell, 1881-1955) for her mansion at 1051 Fifth Ave. and 86th St.,
Sold, The Collection of Mrs. John Rovensky, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15-19 January 1957, lot 566.
With Florian Papp, New York.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above on 30 January 1997.

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Lot Essay

A stool of this pattern from the celebrated Percival Griffiths Collection is illustrated in R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1954, vol. III, p. 175, fig. 42. A further stool of this identical model was in the H. H. Mulliner Collection (illustrated in H. H. Mulliner, The Decorative Arts in England 1660-1780, London, 1923, fig. 10).

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