Sale 4946
London, South Kensington
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14 March 2006
Price realised
GBP 22,800
Estimate
A SET OF SIX BEECH SIDE CHAIRS FIVE GEORGE I, ONE 20TH CENTURY Each with cartouche-padded back and seat covered in dark green Berainesque cut velvet, on squared cabriole legs on pad feet, rerailed, replacements to legs (6)
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The chair's late 17th century style patterned upholstery replicates that of a set of Queen Anne chairs acquired in 1936 by the Philadelphia Museum of Art (G. Beard, Upholsterers and Interior Furnishing in England, London, 1997, p.121, fig.73).
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