A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR

The chair pattern corresponds to a mahogany suite at Aske Hall, Yorkshire, which was probably originally supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas (d.1781) for his London mansion 19 Arlington Street. A second suite of the same pattern but in giltwood was also supplied to Dundas and this was photographed by Country Life while still at Arlington Street in 1933. A stool from the latter suite was sold at Christie's, London, 31 January 1999, and part of the remainder of the suite was sold by Cicely, Countess of Zetland, Christie's, London, 10 May 1973, lot 123. A mahogany stool corresponding to this pattern was sold Christie's, London, 50 Years of Collecting: The Decorative Arts of Georgian England, 14 May 2003, lot 129 (£32,265 including premium).