Lot 101
SET OF EIGHT GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND PAINTED HALL CHAIRS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 30 September 2015 at 11:00 BST
£2,213
Description
the oval backs centred by oval reserves painted with an armorial device, above bow front seats raised on turned and tapered legs (8)
Dimensions
47cm wide, 89cm high, 35cm deep
Footnote
Note:
These hall chairs bear the crest of the Williamson family and originally stood in Whitburn Hall near Sunderland (now demolished). For many years they were on loan to the National Trust for Scotland and were used to furnish Bute House, the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland, and the Georgian House, both on Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.