A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE ANNE, LADY HOLLENDEN VALLEY FARM EDGEWORTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS (LOTS 1-37)

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW AND INCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
IN THE MANNER OF MAYHEW AND INCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with oval padded back and serpentine padded seat covered in foliate patterned printed cotton, on square tapering fluted legs with block feet, repaired break to one front leg, some rerailing, the original rails with cramp-cuts

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Hall chairs with a closely related fluted leg profile with distinctive 'raised block' set with a patera on each leg, were commissioned by George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (d. 1836) for Peper Harow, Sussex from the Golden Square firm of John Mayhew and William Ince whose lengthy partnership lasted from 1758/59 until 1804. A pair of hall chairs from this set was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 11 February 1999, lot 5. Three further pairs from Peper Harow were sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 15 April 2005, lots 220-222.