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AN IMPORTANT SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY FRAMED HALL CHAIRS
after a design by Thomas Hope, the carved curved shield backs with scroll sides and painted with
armorials, the concave panel seats raised on an ‘X’ frame support with rosette bosses and centred by a
lion mask, supported by a flat stretcher.
Note: the armorials are those of Cartaret. For this very specific design, see Gilbert, Furniture at
Temple Newsam House (1978), vol. 1, p. 93, where one from a set of 18 is illustrated
€10,000 - 15,000
