8 Hepplewhite Mahogany Dining Chairs
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Fine set of 8 Hepplewhite design antique
mahogany dining chairs, comprising of a pair of fine large carver chairs, and 6
side chairs. These chairs date from around 1850, and are very well
constructed of quality mahogany, with fine large seats, and elegant yet sturdy
tapering legs with channeled detail which are united by stretchers for added
strength. The hooped back contains the stylized wheatsheaf design
highlighted by well carved detail of wheat ears, so typical of Hepplewhite.
The broad saddle shaped seats were upholstered some time ago in a neutral
velvet, which remains in good usable condition.
A eminently comfortable and useable set of chairs.
Antique Mahogany Hepplewhite Carver Chair from set of 8 seats over 21" (54)
wide
Hepplewhite Mahogany Dining Chair from set of 8.
Hepplewhite Wheatsheaf Back Mahogany Chair - Detail of carved wheatears
Hepplewhite
George Hepplewhite (sometimes wrongly spelt Heppelwhite - occasionally even
by himself!) was probably apprenticed to the well-known cabinet maker Gillow of
Lancaster. He went into business on his own account, and by the time of his
death in 1786 was the proprietor of a considerable business in Cripplegate. His
widow, Alice, continued the business under the name of A. Hepplewhite & Co,
and in 1788 it was she who published the influential "The Cabinet-Maker and
Upholsterers' Guide", with further editions in 1789 and 1794. Hepplewhite
style is characterized by the perfection of workmanship, lightness of
construction, and elegance of form. These characteristics are particularly
noticeable in his chair designs often with wheatsheaf design carved with
wheat-ears as above.
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