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Lot 178TP

A rare early George III mahogony comb-back Windsor chair, West Country, circa 1760

31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

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A rare early George III mahogony comb-back Windsor chair, West Country, circa 1760

The back with five long splayed spindles and projected shaped stay-rail, the three-part 'horse-shoe'-shaped armrest on similar spindle and baluster-turned front supports, the broad bell-shaped and flat-fronted saddle-seat raised on baluster-turned legs, joined by an elliptical-turned H-form stretcher, 66.5cm wide x 52cm deep x 106cm high, (26in wide x 20in deep x 41 1/2in high)

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Provenance:
John Parnaby Collection, the Library, Netherhampton House, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Sold Duke's, 'Auction on the Premises', Netherhampton House, 16 June 2003, Lot 271


An identical mahogany Windsor Chair is illustrated Michael Harding-Hill, Windsor Chairs (2003), p. 30, upper left. The author writes that this 'unusual' chair was meant to be used indoors, probably in a library or as a hall chair, as opposed to early Windsor chairs of lightweight, portable design, which were intended to be used outdoors, 'probably for use in pleasure gardens that were becoming so fashionable' [ibid. p. 24].

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