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A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
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A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1750

Details
A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1750
Each with scrolled curved toprail above a pierced vertical splat and close-nailed cut-striped velvet covered seat, the front rail carved with a shell, scrolls and foliage, on acanthus-carved cabriole legs, backrail stamped W
Provenance
Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London, November 1948.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 282, no. 287.
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Lot Essay

This pair of chairs have an apron centered by a richly carved scallop shell and flanked by acanthus leaves that correspond closely to an armchair of the same date (see The Knight of Glin and J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven, 2007, p. 209, cat. no. 19). The carving on both chairs can also be compared to contemporary Irish side tables. The pierced splat relates to those on a triple-back settee in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, illustrated, ibid, p. 209, cat. no. 18.
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