Live Auction 9424Christie's Interiors
A GOOD GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY ARMCHAIR
Lot 372

A GOOD GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1790

Closed10 September 2013

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GBP 375

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A GOOD GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1790
With original finish, carved with wheatsheaf, beading and foliage, the stiles with gadrooned finials, the splat inlaid with three fan medallions, one front leg spliced

Specialist note

An almost identical chair is in the V & A collection (W.19 - 1934, illus. English Chairs, V & A, 1970, pl. 103). A very similar chair is in the Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. I, fig. 224. The design is shown in Hepplewhite's Guide, 1787-94, pl. 4.