PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS, POSSIBLY WILLIAM HAMILTON OF EDINBURGH
CIRCA 1770
Auction: Select Property from Penicuik House, Midlothian - 27th March 2024 at 10am
£11,970
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.