A set of four George III mahogany and painted hall chairs circa 1765, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale

the backs painted with crests bearing the motto `Inter Lacrymas Micat'

The Rev. Walter Blunt, Waldop House, Hampshire
General Blunt
Adderbury Manor
By descent to Countess of Cromarty, Castle Leod, Easter Ross

In overall good condition. Exceptional patina. Two chairs previously with metal angle braces to the front legs. Now removed and the holes plugged.
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A set of hall chairs supplied by Chippendale to the Lascelles family for the Lower Hall, Harewood House in 1773 share a simplified version of the seat and legs found on the present lot and another set of hall chairs with related blind-carved wheel backs,  also probably by the same maker, were formerly at Normanton Hall (see Christopher Gilbert,  The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, 2 vols., vol. II, p. 96)

The Crest, that of the sun in glory, `charged on the centre with an eye, issuing tears, all proper', with the motto `Inter Lacrymas Micat', is identified in J. Fairbairn, Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 1986, p. 59, as belonging to The Rev. Walter Blunt, Waldop House, Hampshire.