Property from English Private Collection (Lots 96-103)
A pair of George II carved mahogany armchairs, circa 1750
Auction Closed
May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the outwardly scrolling armrests carved with a rosette and trailing foliate, the cabriole front legs with C-scroll carving centred by cabochons and terminating in conformingly carved feet, the back legs with similar carving to the external face of the knees and terminating in trefid feet, covered with close-nailed upolstery in chartreuse silk damask, re-railed, en suite with the following lot
Likely those at Sotheby's New York, Magnificent Queen Anne & Georgian Cabinetwork [...] from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler Jr, 7th May 1960, lot 528;
Sotheby's London, 27 April 2010, lot 401.
Other examples of chairs of this model
Country Life, 9th March 1989, p.83.
L. Synge, Mallett Millennium, London, 1999, p.105, fig.102.
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