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Pair of Chippendale Period Mahogany Gainsborough Armchairs Circa 1765.
An Excellent Pair of Pure Georgian Period Mahogany Library - Drawing Room Gainsborough Armchairs of Generous Proportions having the most unusual feature of being without stretchers , giving a most pleasing and more elegant appearance than the norm.
Important feature ......Unusually retaining all the original Chinese Chippendale Design Brackets .
Of note is the excellent choice of timbers used - suggesting a prominent firm of cabinet makers.
What sets these chairs apart is the most most wonderful natural patination and rich colouring timbers.
Provenance Private Residence Hertfordshire UK.
Literature ...See Norman Adams History of 18th Century Furniture Quoting the Importance of Patination.
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Excellent stateThe BADA Standard
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