A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS

A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
CIRCA 1770-75, POSSIBLY BY INCE AND MAYHEW
Each with an oval padded back headed by a lion mask and wrapped with acanthus, the downcurved arms carved with drapery and headed by further lion masks, above a padded serpentine seat, the front rail centred by a satyr mask and acanthus, on square panelled and husk-carved legs terminating in rosette-blocks and ball feet, re-gilt, minor differences to carving and dimensions, one chair with cramp cuts to the back seat rail and indistinct inscription
40 ½ in. (103 cm.) high; 26 ¾ in. (68 cm.) wide; 25 ½ in. (65 cm.) deep

Provenance
Probably commissioned by Sir John Mordaunt Cope, 8th Bt. (d. 1779), either for Bramshill, Hants, or for a London residence.
Possibly two from a set of six sold by Sir Anthony M.L. Cope, Bt., formerly of Bramshill, Sotheby's, London, 27 April 1956, lot 99.