A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1770

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1770
Each with ribbon-tied cresting above a husk-carved back, downswept arms and bowed seat covered in yellow ground floral silk upholstery, on tapered fluted legs headed by drapery swags, minor variations in scale and carving

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Provenance
Possibly Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1962, lot 128 (£750 to Spillane).
Acquired from Partridge, London, 5 March 1999.