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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS

Lot 37
01.02.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 113 400
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1126390
Lot 37 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 100 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1760



Each with a rectangular molded panel back contained by a finely molded cartouche shaped frame centered by a foliate crest, the open arms with slightly outset volute terminals emanating from a solid plank seat, raised on scrolled legs, one chair with sticker to inside of seat-rail inscribed BXL12(?), minor variations to carving



39 ¾ in. (101 cm.) high, 27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) deep





Provenance

Part of a suite comprising at least two settees and four armchairs, possibly supplied to Nicholas Coulthurst (d.1772) for Gargrave House, Near Skipton, Yorkshire.

Thence by descent until sold;

Mrs. J.B. Coulthurst, O.B.E, Gargrave House; Sotheby's, House Sale, 26-28 October 1982, lot 664 (part lot).

Acquired from Christopher Gibbs, London.



Literature

Lord Bessborough and C. Aslet, Enchanted Forest: The Story of Stansted in Sussex, London, 1984, p. 49 (an identical pair, probably from the same suite).
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