A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY WHEEL BACK SIDE CHAIRS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY WHEEL BACK SIDE CHAIRS

Ronald Phillips Ltd

Date 1785

Period 1750-1850, 18th century

Origin England

Medium Mahogany

Dimension 98 x 51.5 x 51.5 cm (38⁵/₈ x 20¹/₄ x 20¹/₄ inches)

Hall chairs of identical design and probably from the same workshop were formerly at Coombe Warren, Kingston Hill, London. A slightly more elaborate version, but without doubt from the same workshop, was formerly in the possession of The Drapers Company in London. The Drapers’ set was by repute designed by Robert Adam.
Height of seat: 18 in; 45.5 cm

Date: 1785

Period: 1750-1850, 18th century

Origin: England

Medium: Mahogany

Dimension: 98 x 51.5 x 51.5 cm (38⁵/₈ x 20¹/₄ x 20¹/₄ inches)

Provenance: H. C. Baxter & Sons, London, England.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, England.
Private collection, Belgium.

Literature: Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture of the 18th Century, vol. III, 1911, p. 46, figs. 36-8.
Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, 1929, p. 342.
M. Harris & Sons, The English Chair - Its History and Evolution, 1937, p. 146, illus. C.

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