Lot

92 x 54 x 48,5 cm

carved mahogany chairs

Set of dining chairs attributed to the great architect "James Wyatt" (1746-1813), in carved mahogany, period of George III. It has a superior beam with a curvilinear shape on a hollow backrest, with a central motif of a flower flanked by anthemium (stylized floral reason) above and below; upholstered seat with apparent stud finish and a ribbed skirt; Legs ribbed and tapered. The chair in question follows the model of the famous Sheffield Park chairs, which are believed to have been provided to the Anglo-Irish politician and theorist John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield Park (died 1821) for the Sheffield Park, in Sussex, between 1776 and 1777. The drawing of the lot above, authored by the architect James Wyatt (deceased 1813), was discovered in an album of drawings belonging to the collection of the Viscount of Noailles, in Paris. English manufacture. England, century. XIX.