Sale 5327
London
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23 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 43,250
Estimate
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIPLE CHAIR-BACK SETTEE CIRCA 1740 Each serpentine chair-back with a shell-carved vertical splat, the outcurved arms with scrolled acanthus-carved supports above a padded drop in seat upholstered in green silk damask on shell-headed cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, struck 'I', feet slightly reduced in height 38¾ in. (98.5 cm.) high; 72½ in. (184 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Irton Manor, Scarborough, Yorkshire, sold Hollis & Webb, 17-19 July 1950, lot 66.
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