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Set Of 4 Early C19th Regency Period 'greek Revival ' Dining Or Side Chairs In Original Simulated/faux Rosewood Finish .

£1,200    $1,626    €1,414
Set of 4 early C19th Regency period ''Greek revival'' dining or side chairs in original simulated/faux rosewood finish.
 
Mint condition set of 4 ''Trafalgar'' back design chairs raised on sabre fore-legs . Inspired by ancient Greek design with large central carved anthemion motifs , and decorated with well-executed simulated rosewood graining to the carved beech frames .
 
The scroll-over tops applied with turned paterae , the lateral splat-backs with carved leaf decoration.
 
The decorative ''Trafalgar'' design of this chairs was fashionable after 1808 when the design was first published in the trade catalogue ''The London Chair-makers and Carvers Book of Prices Supplement''. The ''Trafalgar'' chair''s essential feature being the continuous curving line formed by the sides of the back , the seat rail and chair legs . The use of curved sabre type legs derived by an Ancient Greek chair style , and the use of the anthemion motif was a fashionable feature of the Greek revival style...
Antique ID: SA655716
Item: Set Of 4 Early C19th Regency Period 'greek Revival ' Dining Or Side Chairs In Original Simulated/faux Rosewood Finish . - (reference SA655716)
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£1,200



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