A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

These side chairs and stool from the following lot are of the same design and are possibly from the same suite as the stool that once formed part of the celebrated collection of Sir John H. Ward, K.C.V.O. at Dudley House, Park Lane, London (illustrated in H. Cescinsky, 'The Collection of the Hon. Sir John H. Ward, K.C.V.O.', The Connoisseur, March 1921, p.145, no.XIII). A stool of the same design from the Collection of Harvard University Art Museums was sold, Christie's, New York, 21 January 1999, lot 324, and another similar stool was sold Christie's, New York, 30 April 2007, lot 11. A set of seven similar side chairs and two armchairs, possibly en suite, sold Christie's, New York, 19 October 2000, lot 258 and subsequently sold in Tom Devinish: The Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 24 April 2008, lot 36.