SEVEN LATE 18TH CENTURY AND ONE SIDE CHAIR LATER

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A SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
SEVEN LATE 18TH CENTURY AND ONE SIDE CHAIR LATER
Including a pair of open armchairs, each with an interlaced shield shaped back centred by ribbon-tied Prince of Wales Feathers, a padded seat and panelled square tapering legs, restorations, the later chair with slight variation to the carving. (8)

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Lot Essay

A sketch for a closely related dining-chair for the Dining-room at Workington Hall, Cumberland, appears in the 1788 Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows of London and Lancaster ( L.Boynton, (ed), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig.272).

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