AN EARLY GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIR

This chair is related to a set of variant examples in the Chinese manner expounded by Sir William Chambers in his Designs for Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils of 1757, derived from patterns published by Thomas Chippendale in The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd ed., London, 1762, pl. XXVII. They are very similar to the celebrated suite for Ingress Abbey, Kent, illustrated in R. Edwards & P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., London, 1954, vol. III, p. 84, fig. 33. Similar examples recently sold include a pair sold anonymously Christie's, New York, 21 October 1999, lot 177 ($46,000 including premium), and a pair of side chairs sold Christie’s, London, 21 May 2015, lot 144 (£30,000 including premium),