George III Chinese Pagoda Dining Chairs by Thomas Chippendale, 1760s, Set of 6

George III circa 1760-1765, Thomas Chippendale Chinese Pagoda top dining chairs with the original embroidered seat pads Where to begin, if you’re looking at this listing then the chances are you know exactly how significant this suite is. Thomas Chippendale was simply put, the most important furniture designer in history. A similar suite of twelve chairs with one reproduction that were attributed to Chippendale and of the same Georgian period. The chairs are of the period, with the correct back carving and pagoda tops, the timber is the right age, they are the finest example available anywhere in the world today. I was tempted to have the chair seats reupholstered in a nice period damask however when a friend and the finest restorer I have ever met cast his eyes over them he informed me the embroidery is very very fine and it would be a crime to remove them The suite has been sympathetically restored to include a clean and French polished, all the frames have been checked and secured if required, these are perfectly usable examples Literature Two chairs illustrated in Tabellenbuch Holztechnik, Hamburg, 2013, p. 271. Exhibited Ten chairs on loan to Birmingham Museums circa 1985-2010 and exhibited at Aston Hall, Birmingham, where photographed in situ.. Dimensions Height:- 103cm Width:- 54cm Depth:- 53.5cm