A GEORGE III CREAM-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIR

  
This armchair can be confidently attributed to Thomas Chippendale based on the quality of the carving, design and the construction, specifically the distinctive cramp cuts to the seat frame.  A closely related example is part of a suite of furniture supplied by Chippendale in 1771-2 to Saltram, Devon  (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Bristol, 1978, p.110, fig. 188) of which part remains (NT871318).  This chair was originally part of a larger set of which a pair sold anonymously at Christie’s London, 28 May 1964, lot 100.