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A SET OF SIX REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
Lot 282 Property of an Important Private Collector

A SET OF SIX REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 July 2016

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GBP 3,125

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A SET OF SIX REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a shield shaped back with the Fortescue crest on a sable ground, on square tapering sabre legs, two chairs with possibly original decoration
35 ¾ in. (91 cm.) high; 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) wide

Possibly commissioned by Francis Fortescue Knottesford (1778-1859) and by descent to
John Nicholas Knottesford-Fortescue (1874-1950) and by family descent
Anonymous sale; A Tribute to John Fowler: Furniture and Decorations, Christie's King Street, 14 September 2006, lot 466.

Specialist note

These chairs are decorated with the Fortescue family crest of an heraldic tiger statant argent.