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Description ?A George III style serpentine mahogany stool
after a design by Thomas Chippendale
ensuite with the previous lot
46cm. high, 60.5cm. wide, 41cm. deep
Condition Report This stool, the later example offered in the sale, has been finely copied and is fractionally smaller in size. The later upholstery is very distressed and will require recovering. The legs generally good but minor old chips marks and scratches including glued repair to one pad foot. The beech seat rails in good order. Evidence of former upholstery.
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Literature Peter Thornton, The Furnishing of Mersham-le-Hatch, Part II,?
Apollo, June, 1970, p. 442, fig. 3 (where described as?18th century);
Christopher Gilbert,?
The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Vol. II, London, 1978, p.214, fig. 389 (where described as?18th century).
Notes It has long been held that the present stool is one of the ‘4 neat carv’d mahogany Stools’ supplied by Thomas Chippendale in 1772 (see previous lot), however, variation to the carving and constructional differences suggest a later date of manufacture.