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A very similar chair, with the same splat design, is illustrated in J. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830, New York, 1982, p. 274, fig. 977.
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Each with waved toprail above a pierced Gothic vertical splat and a padded rectangular seat covered in nailed brown leather, on downswept supports, on square legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, restorations (2)
Each with waved toprail above a pierced Gothic vertical splat and a padded rectangular seat covered in nailed brown leather, on downswept supports, on square legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, restorations (2)