Object Description
Circa 1815. A quality set of 14 Regency mahogany dining chairs. The set consisting of 12 side chairs and a pair of armchairs, the elegant backs with a spiral carved top and bottom rails with a pierced back with elegant carving including mythical snakes, drop in seat pads covered in horse hair, raised on saber legs and with double string inlay on the front and out swept legs at the back. Provenance – Sir James Young Simpson, the eminent 19th century physician, fenced by family descent.