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Tuesday 11th October

247 A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III DINING CHAIRS, AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS SHERATON.

the stepped rectangular backs with three vertical spars, surmount-

ed by carved Prince of Wales feathers, the upholstered seats

coverd in green fabric and raised on square tapering legs.

(10 single and 2 elbow chairs)

€ 15,000 - 20,000

See:

Thomas Sheraton ‘Design for Chair Backs, English Furniture of the

18th Century

’ Herbert Cescinsky 1909, page 248.