An Assembled Pair Of George III Mahogany Library Armchairs
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An Assembled Pair Of George III Mahogany Library Armchairs
About the Item
These elegant chairs belong to a larger group of similarly conceived seat furniture, the most notable of which is a suite of two arm chairs and six side chairs originally commissioned by the Battie-Wrightson family for Cusworth Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire in the early 1760s (See: Anthony Coleridge, The Cusworth Suite, Hotspur/Jeremy, London, 2007).
Another similar chair, lacking the carved supports to the upholstered back is illustrated in Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington, 18υth Century English Furniture The Norman Adams Collection, 1985, pl. 4., pp.32, 44, and an overupholstered sofa with identical legs is at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, and is illustrated by Christopher Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, 1978, vol. II, p. 172, item 328. A further set of two armchairs and six side chairs was sold at Sotheby's New York, October 20, 2006, The Collection of Tony Ingrao, lot 87, these having open pierced backs.
Provenance: Formerly in the Kluge Collection, Albemarle House, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Dimensions:Height: 41.5 in (105.41 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 28 in (71.12 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
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- Date of Manufacture:English, c. 1760
- Condition:Overall good antique condition.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: 100924888975
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