Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th July 2017
Lot 248
A pair of late Regency Gothic oak chairs after a design by George Smith
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A pair of late Regency Gothic oak chairs after a design by George Smith, each with a moulded and pierced lancet arch back, above a later leather seat on panelled front legs and block feet. (2)
See George Smith, Household Furniture 1808, pl. 37 for the design for these chairs. Also, Frances Collard, Regency Furniture, p.190 for a similar chair.
Provenance:
Purchased from Humphrey-Carrasco, 43 Pimlico Road, London, 8th December 1998, for £3,200.
Property from a deceased estate.