
Lot 137
A pair of George III carved mahogany open armchairs in the Hepplewhite style
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,875 inc. premium
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A pair of George III carved mahogany open armchairs
in the Hepplewhite style
The cartouche shaped moulded backs each with triple pierced vertical shaped splats centred by paterae, above moulded outswept arms and serpentine moulded arm terminals on serpentine close-nailed buttoned seats upholstered in sea green velvet, on cabriole moulded legs and scroll feet. (2)
The cartouche shaped moulded backs each with triple pierced vertical shaped splats centred by paterae, above moulded outswept arms and serpentine moulded arm terminals on serpentine close-nailed buttoned seats upholstered in sea green velvet, on cabriole moulded legs and scroll feet. (2)
Footnotes
A pair of chairs with similar moulded cabriole legs by Gillows and dating to circa 1795 and formerly with Norman Adams Ltd., are illustrated in S.Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Suffolk, 2008, p.175, pl.138. A chair of this pattern with the addition of further carved decoration and from the collection of Claude D. Rotch is illustrated in R.Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London 1964, p.157, pl.156.