Live Auction 8524Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
Lot 9

A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1800

Closed26 March 2013

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GBP 32,500

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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1800
Each with a fluted tablet top rail flanked by rosette-carved blocks above a reeded Gothic-arched splat and brass-nailed buttoned silk-covered seat on reeded legs, some re-railing
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep (6) (6)

Specialist note

An identical chair is illustrated in H. Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, vol. III, p. 315, fig. 347. A set of six almost indistinguishable dining chairs including a pair of open armchairs sold Christie's London, 13 April 1989, lot 31. Another related pair of armchairs was offered Sotheby's London, 17 July 1992, lot 305.