A set of six George I style oak and upholstered chairs

with shaped top rails and vase shaped splats, the frames with a simulated walnut grain and the drop in seats with needlework covers

Illustrated Gordon Nares, Country Life, Newton Surmaville, Somerset - III, September 19th 1952, p. 845, fig. 4, in the Tapestry Room

Five chairs generally tidy and of a firm stance. One of these five chairs has a cresting rail fracture on one corner, another with partial split on one front corner another with a separation on this site. Legs scuffed and some fragmenting to feet. The remaining chair with one side ear lacking to the knee of the right front cabriole leg. This leg with separation at the join with the seat rail and small partial split on the seat rail on this site. The rear right upright of this chair with a split above the chamfered leg. The slip in seats of these chairs with variations in needlework and one seat with loose needlework covering. To discuss this lot in greater detail please call Edward Rising or David Macdonald on 0207 293 5107 or 0207 293 5507.
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