Lot 124
  • 124

A fine set of twelve George III mahogany dining chairs circa 1760

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • mahogany
comprising two armchairs and ten side chairs.  The back rail of each with a stenciled Roman numeral, and stamped with a Roman numeral.  Each side chair stamped MM to the exterior of the back seat rail.  Molded edges to tops of seat rails later.

Provenance

Asprey's Ltd., London

Acquired from the above, 1967

Catalogue Note

A chair with a related backrest from a set at Nostell Priory possibly by Thomas Chippendale is illustrated, C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, vol. II, p. 83, fig. 131. A manuscript drawing by Chippendale with a similar backrest is now in the collection of The Chippendale Society.