OF GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
OF GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with an oval back centred by a beaded rosette medallion with radiating foliate spokes, scrolled foliate carved arms and a bowed padded seat on tapering fluted foliate carved legs headed by rosette blocks (2)

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Lot Essay

The medallion form of the chair back, with fretted splats radiating from a patera, relates to a set of painted chairs supplied in 1774 by Thomas Chippendale (d.1779) for Paxton House, Berwickshire. See C.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, London 1978, vol.II, fig.164. A related 'Catherine Wheel' pattern features in the late 1780's Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows of London and Lancaster (L.Boynton, (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig.269).

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