A pair of George III mahogany armchairs circa 1770

Excellent general condition. Upholstery slightly worn. Good colour and patina. Old marks and scratches
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A closely related pair of armchairs is in the museum collection at Temple Newsam House, illustrated in Christopher Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, 2 Vols, 1978, vol. I, p.94, fig. 83. A set of eight dining chairs of the same model is illustrated in Moss Harris and Sons, A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, vol III, fig. 336. A pair of chairs of virtually the same model was sold Sotheby`s New York, 28 June 1996, lot 281, having been exhibited in the International Art Treasures Exhibition, Bath 1973 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art ( 1974-1975). A further closely related group of ten chairs was sold in these rooms 15th November 1996, Important English Furniture, lot 54, £89,500.

A further set of chairs of this design was commissioned for Sir JohnTrevelyan, 4th Baronet, (d.1828) for Nettlecombe Somerset, almost certainly under the direction of Robert Adam who was working on the house at the time, illus.R.W. Symonds `Suite of Chairs and Sofas of the 18th Century', The Antique Collector, June 1958, pp.100-102, figs. 7-10.