Live Auction 16719The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I
A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 255

A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1750

Closed9 May 2018

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A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1750
Each with scrolled curved toprail above a pierced vertical splat and close-nailed cut-striped velvet covered seat, the front rail carved with a shell, scrolls and foliage, on acanthus-carved cabriole legs, backrail stamped W

Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London, November 1948.

Specialist note

This pair of chairs have an apron centered by a richly carved scallop shell and flanked by acanthus leaves that correspond closely to an armchair of the same date (see The Knight of Glin and J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven, 2007, p. 209, cat. no. 19). The carving on both chairs can also be compared to contemporary Irish side tables. The pierced splat relates to those on a triple-back settee in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, illustrated, ibid, p. 209, cat. no. 18.