拍品 697
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR
PROPERTY OF A PALM BEACH LADY (LOT 697)
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR

IN THE MANNER OF PAUL SAUNDERS, CIRCA 1755

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY WING ARMCHAIR
IN THE MANNER OF PAUL SAUNDERS, CIRCA 1755
Upholstered in striped yellow silk damask, on cabriole legs carved with foliate cartouches and fluting, ending in ball-and-claw feet, on leather casters

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This leg pattern, of Roman 'truss' form enriched with Roman acanthus and antique flutes, was adopted for chairs supplied in the 1750s by the celebrated cabinet-makers and tapissiers, Paul Saunders and George Smith Bradshaw.