A pair of George III mahogany hall chairs in the manner of Thomas Chippendale circa 1775

each with a paper label for the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston; one with chalked #1044 and with metal plaque numbered 79 KENNETH FRANZHEIM/ARCHITECT; the other with a partial paper label and chalked +4 and with a metal plaque numbered and stamped 47 KENNETH FRANZHEIM/ARCHITECT

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Nice color and patina; the first with minor loses to molded edge of back right leg; the front left leg slightly loose; the other with two later corner blocks, the front right leg with old repaired break now with two screws to the back and with subsequent repaired breaks to the seat rail with some minor loses to the carving, front legs slightly loose, back right leg with some minor loss to molded edge, minor age crack to back of seat; the carved rosettes to the backrests are probably original, but seenm to have been removed and re-applied and possibly rotated slightly; minor chips and wear to the seats and legs; overall with old marks, scratches, scuffs and minor stains.
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A related wheelback hall chair with beaded central panel above a concave-sided support with scrolled ears and fluted panel at the base by Thomas Chippendale at Nostell Priory is illustrated, C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, vol. II, p. 97, fig. 157; another is at Harewood House with a similar fluted panel at the base, op. cit., p. 97, fig. 159.