Lot 333:
Description
A mixed group of four mahogany dining chairs comprising a trio of Regency style side chairs and a single George III style armchair. The Regency style side chairs feature curved bar-back top rails above a central horizontal splat with pierced scrolling and foliate motifs. They are supported by fluted and turned front legs and sabre-form rear legs, with the padded seats finished in a pale sage green damask fabric. The underside of one chair displays traditional jute webbing and individual tacking. The George III style open armchair features a shield-shaped back with a pierced splat containing a carved wheat ear motif and a fan-shaped cresting. It possesses scrolling arms with foliate hand rests and square tapered legs, with a floral tapestry-style seat cover. To the underside of the armchair is a modern white adhesive law label reading in part ALL NEW MATERIAL consisting of 100% POLYURETHANE FOAM Registry No. CA 31697 (CN).
Condition report:
The furniture exhibits significant wear and structural damage. One Regency side chair has a broken and detached section of the decorative back splat, which is currently held in a plastic bag (photo 2, 3). There is heavy finish loss and rubbing to the mahogany on the top rails and legs of the side chairs (photo 1). The George III armchair shows severe distress to the wood finish on the arms and top rail (photo 8, 11). Structural separations and cracks are visible in the joinery of the shield back splat (photo 10). Surface scuffs and losses to the dark stain are present across all four frames (photo 5, 12, 14).
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