A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, TOGETHER WITH A LATER COPY
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ID 1536663
Lot 18 | A SET OF SEVEN GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, TOGETHER WITH A LATER COPY
Estimate value
40000USD $ 40 000 – 60 000
THE SEVEN CHAIRS CIRCA 1765, PROBABLY SCOTTISH
After designs by Thomas Chippendale, each serpentine back with gothic embellishments and pierced upright splat, serpentine close-nailed damask seat, on cabriole legs with scroll feet, two chairs with 'Frank Partridge' labels applied to seat rails
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 25 November 1976, lot 45.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1986, lot 95.
With Partridge, London.
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above in 1994.
Literature
Partridge, Summer Exhibition Catalogue, 1987, p. 64.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
T.A. Strange, English Furniture, Decoration, Woodwork & Allied Arts, London, n.d., p. 132, pl. 10.
E. White, Pictorial Dictionary of British Eighteenth Century Furniture Design, London, 1990, p. 62.
E. Lewis Hinckley, Masterpieces of Queen Anne and Georgian Furniture, New York, 1991, p. 73, pl. 105.
| Artist: | Thomas Chippendale (1718 - 1779) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
| Artist: | Thomas Chippendale (1718 - 1779) |
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| Medium: | Wood |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs |
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