AN GEORGE II MAHOGANY HALL CHAIRPOSSIBLY IRISH, CIRCA 1730Of 'saddle seated' type95cm high, 65cm wide, 58cm deepProvenance: Howth Castle, County DublinHowth Castle was the ancestral home of the St. Lawrence family. Picture reference: Francis Elrington Ball, A History of the County Dublin: Howth, Alex. Thom &pany (Limited), Abbey-St., 1917.Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director (3rd edition 1762, pl. XVIII) illustrates patterns for saddle-seated hall chairs. The present chair also relates in character to hall chairs supplied for Hartwell House, Oxfordshire. (one sold Christie's, London, 6th April 2000, lot 154 (35,250). A further related pair of armchairs were sold Christie's, Important English Furniture, 14th June 2001, Lot 38 (58,750). Chairs with related pierced vertical splats were supplied to Rousham Park, Oxfordshire and are illustrated in the Great Parlour, Rousham Park, Guide Book, n.d. A closely related set of twelve chairs (to the set at Rousham) was offered Christie's, London, 6th July 2000, lot 57 (190,750).