A pair of George I burr walnut side chairs circa 1715

the arched toprails with vase-shaped splats and compass-shaped seats upholstered in associated tapestry, the incurved front seat-rails centered with a gadrooned fan, the rail with a lower moulding on cabriole legs with trefoil shaped feet

With Mallett, 40 New Bond Street, London and illustrated by them in Country Life, February  20th 1975.

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For chairs of the same fine quality also with a broad vase shaped splat joined to the backrail at all four sides see a pair of chairs attributed to Giles Grendey sold, these Rooms, 21st March 2003, lot 51.

For another comparison, see Chairs Formerly in The Parker Knoll Collection, Property of Sir David Alliance, Christie`s London, 24th September 1998, lot 221.