A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS

A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRS

C.1790

each with a shield back carved with plumes of Prince of Wales feathers and painted with two crests, above a solid seat (2)

Provenance

From the collection of the late Peter Meyer.

Catalogue Note

The painted crests possibly relate to the Dawkins and Colyears (Colyers) families. Lady Juliana Colyear, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Portmore married Henry Dawkins, from a plantation owning family from Jamaica. Henry Dawkins acquired Standlynch Park near Salisbury (later Trafalgar Park) c.1764.