A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

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A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Including one armchair converted from a side chair, each with a rectangular pierced back, the toprail centred by a floral and fluted tablet, flanked by patera, above three scrolled ostrich feathers on reeded tapering supports, the padded seats covered in close-nailed orange foliate material, the square tapering reeded legs headed by patera, on spade feet, the armchair with later arms and three seat-rails replaced (7)

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The plumed splat derives in part from a chair with triple-feather splat, illustrated in The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 3rd ed., 1794, pl. 12, published by I. & J. Taylor from drawings by Alice Hepplewhite & Co. This firm had been established by George Hepplewhite (d.1786), who claimed to have been employed by George, Prince of Wales, later King George IV and may have supplied furniture for his apartments at Buckingham House, now Palace, London.

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