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    20 September 2001

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    • A SET OF TEN GEORGE III MAHOGA
    Lot 313

    A SET OF TEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

    Price realised

    GBP 21,150

    Estimate

    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    A SET OF TEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
    Comprising eight side chairs and two open armchairs, each with curved pierced guilloche back between reeded uprights, above a padded seat, six covered in yellow trellis material, two in cream and red-patterned material and two in floral chintz, on turned fluted tapering legs, some re-railing especially to the back-rails, repairs to tops of the back legs, two with a slightly different leg design (10)

    Provenance

    Bought from Norman Adams, 13 February 1957, for £850.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE SIR EMMANUEL KAYE C.B.E.
    (LOTS 301-451)

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