Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 12th January 2022
Lot 190
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3600
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Description
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIR
HEPPLEWHITE PERIOD, C.1780
the shield back with five vertical leaf carved and reeded splats, the frame carved with stiff leaves and guilloche bands, on ribbed tapering legs
Literature
See Ralph Edwards and Percy MacQuoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, Revised Edition, p.294, fig.218 for an almost identical chair.