Lot 180
  • 180

A pair of Regency mahogany side chairs circa 1820

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • mahogany leather
the seat-rails stamped HH

Condition

Overall good condition. The caning is torn in one seat and will need to be re-newed. The seats have new been newly covered in leather. Re-polished.
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Catalogue Note

A very similar pairs of chairs stamped `W. PRIEST/ 1-2 TUDOR STREET/ BLACKFRIARS' sold Sotheby's London, 14th July 2010 `An Exceptional Eye: Property of a Private British Collection', lot 107 and a further closely comparable lot sold in the same rooms `Michael Lipitch', 22 May 1998, lot 79.