Pair of Walnut Chairs C.1760

Name: Pair of Walnut Chairs C.1760
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA754018
Availability: SoldOut

18th century

Sold by Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art

Description

A pair of chairs, their design strongly influenced by Thomas Chippendale. They are made of walnut at a time when that native timber was going out of fashion, being replaced by the more expensive tropical mahogany. It is not as if the chairmaker or purchaser were unaware of the fashions in furniture: the toprail, with its beautifully reeded ears, and the Gothic influence in the splat show that. The design is graceful and fluid, the toprail flows beautifully into the splat and the uprights, the work of a fine craftsman.

They are provincial or country Chippendale, made and used in many prosperous county towns, having a real charm, beauty of line and are very sturdy and usable.

As is to be expected in chairs over 250 years old, the years have left some marks .. but only a few. Image 5 shows where a splat has been broken and repaired and on the front rail of Image 1 two indentations are present. The chairs are perfectly suited for everyday use.

DIMENSIONS: Height 37 inches; width 21.5 inches; seat depth 15.75 inches.

PROVENANCE: Private collection in a Georgian country house, South Devon.

Physical Dimensions

Height

94cm (37.01")

Width

54.5cm (21.46")

Depth

40cm (15.75")

Declaration

Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1750s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA754018

Dealers Internal Reference

9209

Description

A pair of chairs, their design strongly influenced by Thomas Chippendale.

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They are made of walnut at a time when that native timber was going out of fashion, being replaced by the more expensive tropical mahogany.

Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art

It is not as if the chairmaker or purchaser were unaware of the fashions in furniture: the toprail, with its beautifully reeded ears, and the Gothic influence in the splat show that. The design is graceful and fluid, the toprail flows beautifully into the splat and the uprights, the work of a fine craftsman.

fig 1. Pair of walnut chairs c.1760 — fig 1. Pair of Walnut Chairs C.1760

They are provincial or country Chippendale, made and used in many prosperous county towns, having a real charm, beauty of line and are very sturdy and usable.

As is to be expected in chairs over 250 years old, the years have left some marks .. but only a few. Image 5 shows where a splat has been broken and repaired and on the front rail of Image 1 two indentations are present. The chairs are perfectly suited for everyday use.

DIMENSIONS: Height 37 inches; width 21.5 inches; seat depth 15.75 inches.

PROVENANCE: Private collection in a Georgian country house, South Devon.