LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF SIX GEORGE III CREAM AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED OPEN ARMCHAIRS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with a pierced back centred by a rectangular tablet painted en grisaille with classical figures above a caned seat, on spirally-fluted sabre legs, three with journeyman's stamp 'AD', three with journeyman's stamp 'IR', two chairs further stamped 'MM', one further stamped 'E', one with a paper depository label 'White & Co. Winchester, Mrs. C. Christopher no.159', with batten carrying-holes, re-decorated,
33 1⁄4 in. (84.5 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; 20 1⁄2 in. (52 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Hon. Nellie Ionides (née Samuel) (1883-1962), Buxted Park, Sussex and thence by descent.

Literature

C. Hussey, 'Buxted Park, Sussex II', Country Life, vol. CVIII, 11 August 1950, p. 444, fig. 5.

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