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A carved armchair George III, circa 1785
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
mahogany, the oval beaded back carved with Prince of Wales feathers
Provenance
Lady Martin.
Exhibited
Leeds City Art Gallery and Temple Newsam House Exhibition, 1952
Catalogue Note
George Hepplewhite's Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (London, 1st edition, 1788) illustrates a chair similar to the present lot. The carved feathers are the emblem of the Prince of Wales (later George IV), who, having been granted a huge yearly allowance by Parliament in 1781, led the taste of fashionable London at the time.
A pair of related chairs is illustrated in Moss Harris and Sons 1868-1968, London, 1968, p.41.