Lot 87
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A SET OF TWELVE MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
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A SET OF TWELVE MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

SEVEN GEORGE III, CIRCA 1790, AND FIVE OF LATER DATE

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A SET OF TWELVE MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
SEVEN GEORGE III, CIRCA 1790, AND FIVE OF LATER DATE
Each with rectangular open splat with three columns, above a padded seat covered in crimson West Country cloth, on panelled square tapering legs, later blocks, the George III chairs with some replaced elements (12)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The parlour chairs, with their flute-sunk rails and triple palm-capped pilasters, reflect the French/antique fashion popularised by A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788. They are similar to a pattern for an arched 'Spanish-back' chair in the 1789 Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows of London and Lancaster (L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, no. 279).

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