STYLE: Private Collections
STYLE: Private Collections
A pair of George II carved mahogany 'child's' chairs, circa 1750
Lot Closed
November 13, 12:41 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A pair of George II carved mahogany 'child's' chairs, circa 1750
with 18th century needlework covered drop-in seat, each applied with stamped platic inventory labels BM 295 and BM 296
16.5cm. high, 33cm. wide; 6 1/2 in., 1ft. 1in.
This highly unusual pair of chairs, with their squat legs and disproportionally elongated back rests, were surely conceived as child’s chairs and are possibly en suite with a set of six normal scale side chairs of the same design illustrated M. Harris & Sons, Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, Part II 1730-1780, circa 1925, p. 280.