A Connoisseur's Eye - Michael Foster Ltd - The Personal Collection of the late Michael & Margaret Susands - 2nd July 2025
Lot 504
A FINE PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £2772
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
A FINE PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
each with a gorget back with eagle's head terminals and a bud finial above a dished seat and reeded sabre front legs (2)
Catalogue Note
These chairs derive from a pattern in Thomas Sheraton's, Cabinet Dictionary, vol. I, 1803, pl. 31. A similar pair of hall chairs was sold by Christie's, Fine English Furniture, 22nd April 2004, lot 124 for £16,370 (including premium).
THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE