PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS, POSSIBLY WILLIAM HAMILTON OF EDINBURGH
CIRCA 1770
£11,970
Auction: Select Property from Penicuik House, Midlothian - 27th March 2024 at 10am
Description
the shaped backs with serpentine top rails above wide stuffover seats flanked by padded open arms supported on scrolled supports carved with flower head terminals, raised on blind-fret carved straight legs joined by stretchers, covered in yellow damask upholstery (2)
Dimensions
68cm wide, 98cm high, 59cm deep
Provenance
Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet of Penicuik (1709 – 1782), Penicuik House, Midlothian. Thence by descent
Footnote
Note: This pair of library armchairs bears many of the hallmarks of the influence of Thomas Chippendale post publication of the Director in 1754.