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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
Lot 1338 THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS

CIRCA 1765

Closed21 March 2019

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A PAIR OF EARLY GEORGE III SOLID MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1765
Each with a shaped foliate and C-scroll carved toprail centering a cartouche, above an upholstered back, with scrolling arm supports above a padded seat, the seat rail with central cartouche, raised on acanthus-carved cabriole legs, ending in scroll feet, upholstered in green silk damask

Acquired from Vernay & Jussel, New York, 12 November 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. L03.

Specialist note

The present armchairs are elegantly serpentined in the George II 'picturesque' style and relate to Thomas Chippendale's French 'Easy Chair' patterns in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754 (pl. XXI). A pair of armchairs of similarly serpentined outline were supplied to Sir William Courtenay, 3rd Bt. and 1st Viscount Courtenay (1710-1762) for Powderham Castle, Devon.