A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT DINING-CHAIRS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT DINING-CHAIRS
Each with a scallop-shell centred waved toprail carved with acanthus, above an entwined scroll pierced vase-shaped splat, the padded drop-in seat covered in later floral needlework on a brown ground, on cabriole legs headed by carved leaves and scroll angles, each stamped 'W.B' to the reverse, on claw feet, restorations, one front leg spliced, some angle-brackets replaced, possibly Scottish (2)

來源

Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 25 June 1987, lot 29 (£8,580).

拍品專文

A set of chairs with this splat design was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 2 October 1992, lot 106. It incorporated five George III laburnum chairs. This is a wood almost exclusive to Scottish chair-making which suggests that the splat, which is loosely based on the designs of Robert Manwaring, is one that was particularly popular in Scotland.
A set of fruitwood chairs, also with the same splat design, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 17 June 1993, lot 63.