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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 465

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1760, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

Closed20 October 2011

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1760, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Each with a rectangular pierced fret-carved back above a padded seat covered printed cotton and a fitted seat cover with a carved seat-rail, on paneled legs joined by a pierced H-stretcher, the feet tipped, one with ink number '1139X', with elm seat-rails (2)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 October 2003, lot 143.

Specialist note

The model of these chairs closely relates to designs by Thomas Chippendale for 'Chinese Chairs' published in the Third Edition of his The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762, No. XXVI.