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In the George III style, each with dished over-scrolled solid seat with S-shaped legs joined by stretchers, on scrolled feet
19 in. (48 cm.) high; 2312 in. (60 cm.) wide; 1712 in. (45 cm.) deep
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The form of these stools is related to the designs of Thomas Chippendale. The library stool pattern, with hollowed seat volute-scrolled in the elegant Grecian Ionic manner, is likely to have been invented in the early 1760s by Thomas Chippendale for Christ Church, Oxford. Its form resembles the capital of the 'cippus' altar, featuring on 'Etruscan' vases, and reflects the George III 'antique' fashion promoted by the Society of Dilettanti through their patronage of the artist-architect, James 'Athenian' Stuart's Antiquities of Athens of 1762. A pair of stools of closely related design, attributed to Thomas Chippendale was sold, Christie's, New York, 19 April 2023, lot 451.

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