A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY CHILD’S CHAIRS
Date 1750
Epoque 1750-1850, 18th century
Origine England
Medium Mahogany
Dimension 41 x 52 x 51 cm (16¹/₈ x 20¹/₂ x 20¹/₈ inches)
Note: The scale of these wonderful chairs is highly unusual. The legs are disproportionately short, and the backs are almost of full chair height. No other chairs of these distinctive proportions have come to light. A set of six side chairs of the same design, but of full size, and without doubt by the same maker, are illustrated in volume II of M. Harris’s three-volume sale catalogue. The child’s chairs may have been part of the same suite.
Date: 1750
Epoque: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origine: England
Medium: Mahogany
Dimension: 41 x 52 x 51 cm (16¹/₈ x 20¹/₂ x 20¹/₈ inches)
Literature: Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, vol. II, 1910, p. 182, fig 180.
R. W. Symonds, The Present State of English Furniture, 1921, fig. 63.
M. Harris & Sons, Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, Part II 1730-1780, circa 1925, p. 280.
R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, 1929, p. 215, fig. 174.
M. Harris & Sons, The English Chair - Its History and Evolution, 1937. p. 116, pl. XLVII.
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