A set of eight oak dining chairs, English, late 19th century

A set of eight oak dining chairs, English, late 19th century
in the 17th century taste, including a pair of armchairs, each with caned back panel and scrolling pierced carved foliage, below a similar top-rail centred with a crown, flanked by spiral uprights with finials carved as faces, above a caned seat with squab cushion, on scrolling front legs joined by conforming front stretcher and with spiral side stretchers
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