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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
Each with arched close-nailed padded back and seat covered in 18th Century wool and silk gros and petit-point needlework with vases and trailing flowers on a pale-yellow ground, on cabriole legs headed by faceted scrolls and joined by a shaped H-shaped stretcher, on faceted scrolled feet, the back legs and later back stretchers beech, one seat-rail replaced, one chair with metal strengtheners to the seat-rails, minor variations in carving (2)
Each with arched close-nailed padded back and seat covered in 18th Century wool and silk gros and petit-point needlework with vases and trailing flowers on a pale-yellow ground, on cabriole legs headed by faceted scrolls and joined by a shaped H-shaped stretcher, on faceted scrolled feet, the back legs and later back stretchers beech, one seat-rail replaced, one chair with metal strengtheners to the seat-rails, minor variations in carving (2)
Literature
D. Hall, 'Diane the Huntress', The World of Interiors, October, 1992, p. 161 and 163.
Sale room notice
The needlework on one chair is of later date and the gros point on the other is extensively restored.