A Pair of Irish George II Mahogany Side Chairs
Each with straight back and seat upholstered in recently covered silk moiré fabric, on acanthus carved cabriole legs, on paw feet. Irish, c.1750.
Notably these chairs (or ‘back stools’ as seen in many descriptions of the period) are constructed with an absence of the quintessential shaped stretcher; Irish chairmakers continued to use joining stretchers, long after the design advances in comparable English workshops, and the simplicity and strength of these chairs shows a remarkable progression for this period.
Height: 37 ¾ in; 96 cm
Width:22 ½ in; 57 cm
Depth: 22 in; 56 cm
Literature:
The Knight of Glin, Irish Furniture, 2007, p. 105 fig. 133.
A similar pair were sold as part of the Christie’s sale ‘Glin Castle; A Knight in Ireland’, Thursday 7th May 2009, lot 95.
£36,000
Each with straight back and seat upholstered in recently covered silk moiré fabric, on acanthus carved cabriole legs, on paw feet. Irish, c.1750.
Notably these chairs (or ‘back stools’ as seen in many descriptions of the period) are constructed with an absence of the quintessential shaped stretcher; Irish chairmakers continued to use joining stretchers, long after the design advances in comparable English workshops, and the simplicity and strength of these chairs shows a remarkable progression for this period.
Height: 37 ¾ in; 96 cm
Width:22 ½ in; 57 cm
Depth: 22 in; 56 cm
Literature:
The Knight of Glin, Irish Furniture, 2007, p. 105 fig. 133.
A similar pair were sold as part of the Christie’s sale ‘Glin Castle; A Knight in Ireland’, Thursday 7th May 2009, lot 95.
£36,000
Each with straight back and seat upholstered in recently covered silk moiré fabric, on acanthus carved cabriole legs, on paw feet. Irish, c.1750.
Notably these chairs (or ‘back stools’ as seen in many descriptions of the period) are constructed with an absence of the quintessential shaped stretcher; Irish chairmakers continued to use joining stretchers, long after the design advances in comparable English workshops, and the simplicity and strength of these chairs shows a remarkable progression for this period.
Height: 37 ¾ in; 96 cm
Width:22 ½ in; 57 cm
Depth: 22 in; 56 cm
Literature:
The Knight of Glin, Irish Furniture, 2007, p. 105 fig. 133.
A similar pair were sold as part of the Christie’s sale ‘Glin Castle; A Knight in Ireland’, Thursday 7th May 2009, lot 95.
£36,000