Assembled Set Ten George III Style Dining Chairs
British, 19th century, mahogany, shell carved crests, X backs, two armchairs, eight side chairs, six straight legs, four cabriole legs, yellow silk damask upholstered seats, 38 in.Note:
Accompanied by a copy of Sotheby's sale catalog and copy of an invoice for 12 chairs for $8,750. The pattern on which the design of these chairs is based was first published by Thomas Chippendale in his The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, 1754, pl. XII. It appears to have been a popular model in Ireland, examples being recorded from from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. A similar 18th century set of chairs from Malahide Castle, County Dublin, was sold at Sotheby's, London, July 7, 2000, lot 27., Provenance: Sotheby's New York, April, 2008, sale 8435, lot 25; Property from an Important South Carolina Estate
Condition Report: scattered cracks and repairs to splats, one with patches at rear stiles (probably from arm attachments), other scattered restorations and repairs, abrasions, finish losses, some color variation
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British, 19th century, mahogany, shell carved crests, X backs, two armchairs, eight side chairs, six straight legs, four cabriole legs, yellow silk damask upholstered seats, 38 in.Note:
Accompanied by a copy of Sotheby's sale catalog and copy of an invoice for 12 chairs for $8,750. The pattern on which the design of these chairs is based was first published by Thomas Chippendale in his The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, 1754, pl. XII. It appears to have been a popular model in Ireland, examples being recorded from from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. A similar 18th century set of chairs from Malahide Castle, County Dublin, was sold at Sotheby's, London, July 7, 2000, lot 27., Provenance: Sotheby's New York, April, 2008, sale 8435, lot 25; Property from an Important South Carolina Estate
Condition Report: scattered cracks and repairs to splats, one with patches at rear stiles (probably from arm attachments), other scattered restorations and repairs, abrasions, finish losses, some color variation
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