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A PAIR OF GREEN-PAINTED AND SYCAMORE-INLAID 'EGYPTIAN REVIVAL' OAK SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 195 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A PAIR OF GREEN-PAINTED AND SYCAMORE-INLAID 'EGYPTIAN REVIVAL' OAK SIDE CHAIRS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed17 December 2014

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GBP 1,250

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A PAIR OF GREEN-PAINTED AND SYCAMORE-INLAID 'EGYPTIAN REVIVAL' OAK SIDE CHAIRS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with a curved back and drop-in seat with leather strapwork, on naturalistically modelled tapering legs with paw feet

Specialist note

Such Egyptian/Theban thrones or seats were inspired by the celebrated 18th Dynasty chair presented by Sitamen, daughter/wife of Amenhotep III, to her grandparents Yuym and Tjuyu and discovered in 1905 in the Valley of the Kings. It is now in the Cairo Museum.