A PAIR OF GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED SATINWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 1044-1046) These elegant French-fashioned chairs, with triumphal-arched 'cabriole' backs, are conceived in George III 'Roman' manner; and with their gold silken frames and green flowered tablets, palm-wreaths and antique flutes, relate to the 1770's bedroom-apartment furnishings by the celebrated Mayfair firm of William and John Linnell of Berkeley Square. Such frames were well suited to 'India' flowered hangings, such as those of the 'Osterley Park' bed executed by the Linnell firm to Robert Adam's design of 1779 (H.Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, fig.10). Related 'Cabriole' chair patterns later featured in Messrs A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788 (3rd ed. 1794); and T. Sheraton's, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1793. Such frames were also well suited to the floral silk upholstery of the period.

A PAIR OF GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED SATINWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS

IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III POLYCHROME-DECORATED SATINWOOD OPEN ARMCHAIRS
IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each with a curved back with painted patera at each end, with padded back, seat and arm-rests, with turned spreading vase-shaped arm-supports decorated at the base with foliage, on turned tapering legs decorated with further paterae and foliage, covered in pale green herringbone cord, with pencil inscription 'F.Mo', the decoration restored, with batten carrying-holes (2)

Provenance

Purchased by Mrs. Pauline Istorik (née Sieff) from Gerald Kerin Ltd. of Davies Street in the 1930's and by descent to the current owner.

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