Description

SET OF TWENTY SIX IRISH MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO BUTLER'S, DUBLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
of Chippendale style, each with serpentine crest rail with shell ends, pierced splat, fluted side rails, red leather stuff-over seats with nail head edge, square legs and pierce corner brackets, H-stretcher and rear stretcher, the armchairs with scrolled arms with flower carved panels and scrolled hand holds (26)
30cm wide, 96cm high, 48cm deep
Note: The pattern on which the design of these chairs is based was first published by Thomas Chippendale in The Gentleman and Cabinetmaker's Director, 1754, pl. XIIII. It was a popular model in Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries. An 18th century set from Malahide Castle, County Dublin was sold by Sotheby's London, 7 July 2000, lot 27. Michael Butler's firm specialised in good quality copies of fine 18th century furniture such as this set.