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One of the set of chairs in situ at Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire. Courtesy of Christie's
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Thomas Sheraton, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1802, first published in 1791, plate 3
A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SATINWOOD ARMCHAIRS , English, circa 1785
Height: 36 in; 91.5 cm
Height of seat: 19 in; 48 cm
Width: 24½ in; 62.5 cm
Depth: 24 in; 61 cm
Height of seat: 19 in; 48 cm
Width: 24½ in; 62.5 cm
Depth: 24 in; 61 cm
4497631
£100,000 +
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Provenance
Collins and Clarke, Cambridge, England, until 1944;
Professor A. Richardson, Bedfordshire, England.
Literature
Illustrated:
‘Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, The Residence of Professor A. E. Richardson, P.R.A., and Mrs. Richardson’, Antique Collector, February 1955, p. 4.