THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS, each with horizontal toprail carved with entwined scrolling dragons above a pierced fret-carved rectangular back flanked by key-pattern and S-scroll carved supports, the padded seats covered in blue velvet, above a pierced frieze carved with foliage flanked by flowerheads, on chamfered square legs carved with key-pattern and on splayed feet, one with repair top top of side support, one with side section of frieze carving replaced (2)
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS, each with horizontal toprail carved with entwined scrolling dragons above a pierced fret-carved rectangular back flanked by key-pattern and S-scroll carved supports, the padded seats covered in blue velvet, above a pierced frieze carved with foliage flanked by flowerheads, on chamfered square legs carved with key-pattern and on splayed feet, one with repair top top of side support, one with side section of frieze carving replaced (2)
Provenance
Supplied to Edward Weld, Esq., Lulworth Castle, Dorset
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
P. Lacquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed. 1954, p. 286, pl. 190