Sale 7574
London
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24 April 2008
Price realised
GBP 13,100
Estimate
A SET OF TWELVE REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS EARLY 19TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY GILLOWS Comprising two armchairs and ten side chairs, each with a a tablet toprail above an X-shaped splat, above a padded brown leather seat, on ring-turned reeded legs with tapering feet, the armchairs with downswept reeded arms on baluster-shaped gadrooned suppports, restorations including repairs to toprails and legs, extensive re-railing Side chairs: 33 (84 cm.) high; 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep Armchairs: 33 in. (84 cm.) high;22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) wide; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) deep (12)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 November 2003, lot 44.
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