Lot 1225X
  • 1225X

A pair of George III style mahogany caned tub chairs, After a model by Thomas Chippendale II

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Chippendale II
  • mahogany
  • height 32 3/4 in.
  • 83.2 cm
each arched cresting rail centered by an oval medallion and continuing to reeded scrolled terminals raised on Egyptian-head term supports with backrest of rope-twist and beaded supports flanking a bow-fronted seat raised on square tapering legs ending in casters.

Provenance

John Hobbs, London, 1996

Condition

Overall good condition with some small nicks, scratches and wear to the edges.
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Catalogue Note

In 1802, Thomas Chippendale the Younger supplied Sir Richard Colt Hoare with '8 mahogany chairs with circular backs, broad sweep pannelld [sic] tops, with circle elbows, carved Egyptian heads, and fluted therm feet, the rails molded and carved, cane seat and brass socket castors, for Library £76' at Stourhead, Wiltshire.  The design of the present armchairs is based on this famous set of chairs; see Macquoid and Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1954, vol. I, pp. 310 and 312, fig. 310.