A set of six William IV mahogany side chairs Upholstered and close-nailed in ox blood leatherette, the curved scrolling top-rails above buttoned down-swept backs and padded seats, on leaf carved turned tapering legs, each 49cm wide, 40cm deep, 84cm high, seat height 47cm. (6) These comfortable chairs reflect the robust early 19th Century French/Grecian fashion with Ionic-scrolled tablet rails and acanthus-wrapped columnar legs. They typify the George IV fashion, driven by the Wyatt dynasty of architects through cabinet-makers and upholsters such as Messrs. Gillows of London and Lancaster. The back's Grecian-scrolled uprights feature on a pattern for an 'elegant antique' or 'Roman' chair pattern with accompanying 'Grecian footstool' in R. Ackermann's 1810 Repository of the Arts. They were considered appropriate for a variety of rooms and were intended to be executed in mahogany. A very similar set of chairs sold from the Collection of the Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel, Christie's London, 21 November 2007, lot 44 (£16,000). For a further related set see Christie's London, 6 March 2008, lot 43 (£22,100).