A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1750

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1750
Each with square back and generous seat on cabriole legs carved with oak leaves and acorns on pad feet, covered in Claremont red and gold silk damask, three chairs partially re-railed, restorations
36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 25 ½ in. (65 cm.) deep

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Provenance
Possibly commissioned by Robert More M.P. F.R.S. (1703-1780), for the Saloon of the newly rebuilt Linley Hall, Shropshire and by descent, at Linley, to the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JASPER & LADY MORE, LINLEY HALL, SHROPSHIRE (LOTS 130-133)

Literature
J. More, A Tale of Two Houses, privately published, Shrewsbury, 1978, p. 96.
A. Oswald, 'Linley Hall, Shropshire -II, The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper More.', Country Life, 14 September 1961, p. 560, illustrated in the Saloon.