Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 167

A PAIR OF GEORGE III GRAINED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1800

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 1,875

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GRAINED AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1800
The tablets with vignettes of the sporting youths of antiquity, above a caned seat on X-frame front legs, decoration refreshed (2)

Specialist note

The cornucopiae frame design is in a manner illustrated in George Smith's, Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808 (pl.53). Related chairs of this form have been attributed to the celebrated court chair-maker John Gee (retired 1823).