Live Auction 18848Apter-Fredericks: 75 Years of Important English Furniture
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Lot 33

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1760

Closed19 January 2021

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GBP 15,000

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1760
Each arched rectangular back and padded seat upholstered in blue cut-velvet, on square chamfered legs carved with foliage on an imbricated ground, joined by pierced stretchers, the feet with foliate collars, with remains of a label 'C.H VILLA LES ..RISES'
36 in. (99 cm.) high; 23 ½ in. (60 cm.) wide; 25 ¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Specialist note


These side chairs, with their serpentine toprails, pierced stretchers and recessed panels of dolphin-scales to the legs, feature ash rails, the use of which as a secondary timber could suggest a north-country or Scottish origin.