Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks & The Age of Oak - 1st October 2025
Lot 558
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIR
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2540
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Description
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIR
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, C.1770
the pierced 'sunflower' back above a dished seat and fluted frieze on tapering front legs
Catalogue Note
Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779) designed related chairs, with painted medallion armorials for Harewood House, Yorkshire and Normanton Hall, Leicestershire. For further literature, see C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, figs. 159 and 154. For a very similar example recently sold at auction See Dreweatts, Fine Furniture, Sculpture and Carpets, 28th November 2023, lot 215.