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Lot Essay
This pair of chairs is of a celebrated model which is now traceable to a set of fourteen of which the remaining twelve chairs are divided between public and private collections as follows:
1. A pair at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Irwin Untermyer Collection (illustrated in Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, 1958, figs. 127-130, pls. 102-105). One was formerly in the collection of Percival D. Griffiths, Esq. and sold Christie's London, 10 May 1939, lot 191 (illustrated in R. W. Symonds, English Furniture From Charles II to George II, 1929, p. 209, fig. 168), a second belonged to Colonel Lindley Marcroft, sold Sotheby & Co., London, 21 April 1950, lot 64.
2. A single chair at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Formerly in the collection of J. Thursby Pelham, Esq. (illustrated in R. Edwards, ed., The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. I, rev. edn., 1954, p. 265, fig. 124; O. Brackett, An Encyclopaedia of English Furniture, 1927, p. 155, possibly the chair illustrated in P. MacQuoid, The Age of Mahogany 1906, fog. 103), subsequently in the collection of S. Vernon Mann, Great Neck, Long Island and New York City, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 29-30 January 1932, lot 348.
3. Two pairs from H. J. Joel, Esq., Childwick Bury, Hertfordshire, sold Christie's, 15 May 1978, lots 76 and 77. One pair (lot 76) was sold in these Rooms, 9 October 1993, lot 249 and is illustrated in R. W. Symonds, 'Suite of Chairs and Sofas of the 18th Century,' Antique Collector, vol. XXIX, 1958, pp. 97, 99, fig. 1.
4. A pair sold Sotheby & Co., London, 30 March 1962, lot 159. These were in the collection of H. H. Mulliner, The Decorative Arts in England 1660-1780, 1923, fig. 12, the second illustrated in O. Brackett, An Encyclopaedia of English Furniture 1927, p. 212, and O. Brackett, English Furniture Illustrated, rev. edn., 1950, p. 191). One chair was sold Christie's London, 10 July 1924, lot 92.
5. A pair sold Christie's London, 18 November 1982, lot 18.
6. A single chair owned by Mr. Arthur Bendir, lent to the 'Loan Exhibition of English Decorative Art at Lansdowne House,' 17-28 February 1929, Exhibition catalogue, pl. XCI, no. 426 (illustrated in M. Harris & Sons, n.d., Catalogue of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, vol II, pl. 161).
1. A pair at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Irwin Untermyer Collection (illustrated in Y. Hackenbroch, English Furniture in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, 1958, figs. 127-130, pls. 102-105). One was formerly in the collection of Percival D. Griffiths, Esq. and sold Christie's London, 10 May 1939, lot 191 (illustrated in R. W. Symonds, English Furniture From Charles II to George II, 1929, p. 209, fig. 168), a second belonged to Colonel Lindley Marcroft, sold Sotheby & Co., London, 21 April 1950, lot 64.
2. A single chair at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Formerly in the collection of J. Thursby Pelham, Esq. (illustrated in R. Edwards, ed., The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. I, rev. edn., 1954, p. 265, fig. 124; O. Brackett, An Encyclopaedia of English Furniture, 1927, p. 155, possibly the chair illustrated in P. MacQuoid, The Age of Mahogany 1906, fog. 103), subsequently in the collection of S. Vernon Mann, Great Neck, Long Island and New York City, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 29-30 January 1932, lot 348.
3. Two pairs from H. J. Joel, Esq., Childwick Bury, Hertfordshire, sold Christie's, 15 May 1978, lots 76 and 77. One pair (lot 76) was sold in these Rooms, 9 October 1993, lot 249 and is illustrated in R. W. Symonds, 'Suite of Chairs and Sofas of the 18th Century,' Antique Collector, vol. XXIX, 1958, pp. 97, 99, fig. 1.
4. A pair sold Sotheby & Co., London, 30 March 1962, lot 159. These were in the collection of H. H. Mulliner, The Decorative Arts in England 1660-1780, 1923, fig. 12, the second illustrated in O. Brackett, An Encyclopaedia of English Furniture 1927, p. 212, and O. Brackett, English Furniture Illustrated, rev. edn., 1950, p. 191). One chair was sold Christie's London, 10 July 1924, lot 92.
5. A pair sold Christie's London, 18 November 1982, lot 18.
6. A single chair owned by Mr. Arthur Bendir, lent to the 'Loan Exhibition of English Decorative Art at Lansdowne House,' 17-28 February 1929, Exhibition catalogue, pl. XCI, no. 426 (illustrated in M. Harris & Sons, n.d., Catalogue of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, vol II, pl. 161).