Sale 7178
London
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10 November 2005
Price realised
GBP 14,400
Estimate
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WALNUT LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SCOTTISH Each with serpentine back, seat and arms covered in green foliate damask on square legs joined by stretchers, with ash seatrails, on leather castors, one rear stretcher replaced (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Hotspur, London.
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The use of ash rails is a feature found on seat furniture of Scottish manufacture.
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