Object Description
This is an elegant set of four English Regency period flame mahogany dining chairs, circa 1820 in date.
The set comprises four side chairs all featuring attractive scroll carved top rails above stuff-over seats with matching seat covers.
Condition:
In excellent condition. As antique items, the pieces show signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, they display beautifully.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 83 cm x Width 50 cm x Depth 53 cm
Height 47 cm – Seat height
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 9 inches x Width 1 foot, 8 inches x Depth 1 foot, 9 inches
Height 1 foot, 6 inches – Seat height
Flame Mahogany
Thomas Sheraton – 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as “best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed.” Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called “flame mahogany.”
The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree.
Our reference: A5124b