ID 1071131
Lot 59 | A SET OF TEN MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
FOUR REGENCY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, SIX OF THE SIDE CHAIRS OF LATER DATE AND MADE TO MATCH
Including two open armchairs, each with close-nailed padded bar top rail, x-form splats and reeded stiles above close-nailed red leather seats on ring-turned tapering legs, one side chair with old ink written card label 'M. Sandys/ Percy House/ Gt. Portland St./ London/ (two chairs)'
The open armchairs chairs: 33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 22 in. (55.8 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48.5 cm.) deep
The side chairs: 33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep
Provenance
By repute, the four period chairs, Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815).
The period chairs probably acquired by, and the later chairs probably commissioned by Michael Sandys, 5th Baron (1855-1948) and by descent.
Literature
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - II', Country Life, 9 January 1953, p. 96, pl. 7.
Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Dining Room'.
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Regency |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Art style: | Regency |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Address of auction |
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