A pair of George I giltwood side chairs in the manner of James Moore

A pair of George I giltwood side chairs in the manner of James Moore, each with a serpentine padded back and seat with later upholstery, on leaf carved and moulded square section cabriole legs and stylised hoof feet. (2)

Provenance: By family repute Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire.

See Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture (Revised Edition), volume one, pp.260-261 pls. 105 and 109, for two chairs with similar legs, one at Houghton Hall, the other made for Sir William Humphreys, Lord Mayor of London (1714-1715).