A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Each with an arched rectangular padded back, arm-supports and dished seat covered in ivory watered silk with a floral and foliage stripe, the outcurved arms with scrolled and channelled ends centred by a twisting patera, on downswept supports, on square tapering stop-fluted legs and spade feet, one seat-rail partially resupported, some later blocks and cross-strutts, stamped 'RE' (2)

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A variety of patterns for herm-legged chairs with related flower-voluted arms, feature in the late 1780s Estimate Sketch Books of Gillows of London and Lancaster (L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, figs. 266, 270 and 274).

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