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Pair of Irish George I open armchairs, walnut with oak secondary, each having a shell and rosette carved pediment over a leaf-carved, vasiform splat with shaped horizontal stretcher, leaf carved arms ending in volute handrests. Seat rail with leaf and floral carving at center; drop-in seats covered in dark brown hide or leather and stuffed with horsehair; shell and leaf carved cabriole legs with paw feet. Overall: 40 1/2 in. H x 30 in. W. x 22 in. D. Seat height 16 in. Circa 1725.
PROVENANCE: Private Nashville collection, ex-Garrett Galleries, Sarasota, FL 1978. A photocopy of the 1978 sales receipt is available to the winning bidder.
CONDITION: First chair: Losses to leaf carving and a C-shaped deep scratch on splat. Scattered veneer losses up to 1 in.. Some wear and losses at knees. Second chair: Repair to crest rail. Scattered veneer losses up to 2 in., most noticeably along one stile near center back and to area where stile joins the seat. Scattered carving losses including to splat, and seat rail floral carving. Repair to one knee.
