A fine George III beechwood armchair attributed to Thomas Chippendale circa 1780

Overall good condition; structurally sturdy; beautifully carved; areas of old worm damage throughout; extensive chips and losses to the foliate carved collars to tops of front legs; back left leg warped and with a repaired break with small chip and some inpainting; light rubbing and wear to hand holds; overall with some old marks, scratches, scuffs and bruises; the seat with springing.
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The for of the offered chair is similar to a suite of fourteen giltwood chairs supplied by Thomas Chippendale the Elder and Younger to Edward Lascelles, for the White Drawing Room at Harewood House, crica 1779, C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, Macmillan, 1978, Vol. II, p. 114, fig. 199.  Like the offered chair, the White Drawing Room chairs at Harewood have a padded backrest within a frame carved with paterae at the uppoer corners and on the seat rail, as well as acanthus carving at the base of the downswept arm support.  A drawing for an armchair showing alternative treatments by Chippendale Junior, circa 1778, shows downswept arm supports decorated with a carved husk motif, op. cit., p. 115, fig. 202, as on the offered chair.  The fluted tapered bead-carved legs headed by gadrooned collars on the offered chair are similar to those of a set of twelve armchairs formerly at Harewood House, supplied by Chippendale, circa 1771, probably for the family bed and dressing rooms.