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A GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIR

england , circa 1720

A fine George II walnut side chair with the upholstered back and seat and standing on bold cabriole legs subtlely carved to the knees and terminating in pad feet, the back legs outswept.

Stock number

Q12.153
Height: 36¹/₄ in (92 cm)
Width: 23⁵/₈ in (60 cm)
Depth: 25⁵/₈ in (65 cm)
A pair of chairs with identical front legs was sold Christie's London, Important English Furniture, 14 November 1996, lot 121. A set of four chairs of this pattern but with rounded-edge backs were formerly at Croxeth Hall, Liverpool and may have been commissioned  for the house by Richard, 5th Viscount Molyneux (d. 1738). The chairs were sold by the Executors of the late Earl of Sefton, Chrisities, London, 17 September 1973, lot 97.
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