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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS POSSIBLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, CIRCA 1770 Each padded back and seat covered in close-nailed red silk damask, on square fluted legs headed by roundel-blocks and with block feet, numbered 'VI' and 'VII', one with paper label inscribed '22' to seatrail 38 ? in. (97 cm.) high; 22 ? in. (57 cm.) wide; 25 ? in. (65 cm.) deep
The pattern of these chairs appears identical to a set of chairs that remain at Aske Hall, Yorkshire, but which seem more likely to have been supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas (d.1781) for 19 Arlington Street, London, although sparing entries in the May 1768 Arlington Street inventory prevent clear identification. Lord Dundas was an important client of Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779) spending £1,300, as recorded in notes regarding his business with the cabinet-maker (C. Gilbert, The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, p. 154). The restrained neo-classical design and roundel-headed herm legs can be compared to furniture Chippendale supplied to Paxton, Berwickshire; related moulded roundels appear on a gentleman's secretaire, circa 1775, formerly at Paxton (illustrated C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1987, Vol. II, figs. 90 and 91).
However, Lord Dundas engaged many other cabinet-makers, both from London and the provinces, to furnish his properties, Arlington St., Aske Hall and Moor Park, Hertfordshire. Their number includes James Lawson of 4 Chandos Street, Covent Garden (active 1763-78); he supplied a large suite of mahogany seat-furniture to Lord Dundas, which included '6 Mahoy arm chairs with term legs & carv'd roses on casters... £13 10s'.