A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS after a design by Thomas Chippendale, each with pierced rectangular backk centred by a vase-shaped splat with foliate-carved top-rail and central trefoil motif, three padded seats covered in close-nailed beige material, two with brown material, on canted square legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, four stamped ES, one with paper label inscribed in pencil 2156/76, another 2168, later blocks, one inscribed | Christie's

Lot 99

A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS after a design by Thomas Chippendale, each with pierced rectangular backk centred by a vase-shaped splat with foliate-carved top-rail and central trefoil motif, three padded seats covered in close-nailed beige material, two with brown material, on canted square legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, four stamped ES, one with paper label inscribed in pencil 2156/76, another 2168, later blocks, one inscribed

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A SET OF FIVE GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS after a design by Thomas Chippendale, each with pierced rectangular backk centred by a vase-shaped splat with foliate-carved top-rail and central trefoil motif, three padded seats covered in close-nailed beige material, two with brown material, on canted square legs joined by H-shaped stretchers, four stamped ES, one with paper label inscribed in pencil 2156/76, another 2168, later blocks, one inscribed
R Smith, restorations to seat-rails (5)

Lot Essay

The design of the back of these chairs is taken from Thomas Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 1754, pl.XIII, and 3rd. ed., 1763, pl.X (right hand design)

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