CIRCA 1720, IN THE MANNER OF DANIEL MAROT

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A SET OF SIX NETHERLANDISH STAINED-WALNUT DINING CHAIRS
CIRCA 1720, IN THE MANNER OF DANIEL MAROT
Each with carved imbricated waisted back, with a pierced foliate splat, above a later needlework drop-in seat woven with 'Fleur de Lys' on shell carved cabriole legs, each with a paper label to the underside inscribed with the initial 'M', restorations and losses, three shaped aprons missing from the front seat-rails (6)

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Lot Essay

Such tall parlour chairs, with serpentined vase-fretted splats, were known as having 'India' backs in the early 18th century. These chair-backs, with their Venus dolphin-scale imbrication, relate to that of a Netherlandish chair in the Rijksmuseum (R. Baarsen, Nederlandse Meublen 1600-1800, Amsterdam , 1993, no.38).

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