Lot Essay
A set of six related armchairs was supplied by John Linnell to the 5th Duke of Argyll for Inveraray Castle, Scotland, in the 1770s with similar acanthus-capped arm-supports though with plain fluted seat-rails and no crestings (see H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, vol. II, p. 46, fig. 90).
A suite of seat furniture, previously in the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne, and with similar central husk-draped patera on the seat-rails, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 19 November 1987, lot 35. The 1st Marquess of Lansdowne was also a client of William and John Linnell.
A suite of seat furniture, previously in the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne, and with similar central husk-draped patera on the seat-rails, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 19 November 1987, lot 35. The 1st Marquess of Lansdowne was also a client of William and John Linnell.