Fine Pair of Regency Figured Mahogany Hall Chairs

Fine Pair of Regency Figured Mahogany Hall ChairsA superb pair of late Regency George IV period hall chairs in well figured mahogany English, c. 1825 The chairs are elegantly decorated with the arched gadrooned crestings over moulded tablets to the shaped backs, over trapezoidal solid seats raised on turned front and sabre back supports. Fantastic original condition, superb colour and patination.

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The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture

Plate size:

and the handles are of the same pattern that was used by Chippendale on the desk that he supplied to Dumfries House

In the tradition set by his father

please see Christie’s

11 February 1999

Rare and unusual pair of late Regency - William IV period mahogany hall chairs

and the Americas

one rail has indistinct pencil inscription under upholstery

with a reference to the present table

These chairs are not original to the house and were acquired by its celebrity resident Maud Russel in the 1930's as part of the massive remodelling project which made Mottisfont the centre of a fashionable artistic and political circle