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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Lot 166

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

IN THE MANNER OF ROBERT MANWARING, CIRCA 1770

Closed13 September 2018

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
IN THE MANNER OF ROBERT MANWARING, CIRCA 1770
Each with pierced trellis splat above a solid seat, on chamfered legs with brass and leather castors, repairs and restorations, the seats refaced and reinforced to the underside
39 in. (99 cm.) high; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 20 ¾ in. (53 cm.) deep

The Collection of Sir Carol and Lady Penelope Reed (née Dudley-Ward) at 213 Kings Road, London until sold:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 February 1977, lot 54.
Robert De Balkany, Rue de Varenne, Paris; sold Sotheby's, Paris, 28-29 September 2016, lot 259.

Specialist note

The chair's trellis-fretted and quatrefoil-pierced back relates to a 'Gothick' pattern in R. Manwaring's The Chair-maker's Friend, 1765 (pl. 13). An example of very similar design to the present lot, with tapering legs and square block feet, from the collection of the Earl of Mansfield at Scone Palace, is illustrated in A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, pl. 137. Sir Carol Reed was a noted film-maker of the twentieth century. His home on the King's Road was previously the home of Syrie Maugham.