FIVE VICTORIAN PAINTED SIDE CHAIRS

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FIVE VICTORIAN PAINTED SIDE CHAIRS
Comprising a pair of chairs, one painted pale blue and the other white and with a replaced seat, and a set of three chairs, two painted pale green and one pale blue each with caned seats, two seats with holes in the cane and each branded to the underside 'VR' below a crown and further indistinctly stamped, 'PAVILION ALDERSHOT CAMP 113, 65, 109, 691' (5)

Provenance

ALMOST CERTAINLY SUPPLIED FOR THE ROYAL PAVILION AT ALDERSHOT CAMP, AND BY DESCENT TO
HM KING GEORGE VI (D.1952), BY WHOM GIVEN TO THE VENDOR'S FATHER, A LANDSCAPE GARDENER AT ROYAL LODGE, WINDSOR, TO REPLACE FURNITURE LOST WHEN HIS HOUSE WAS DESTROYED BY BOMBING IN 1940.

Lot Essay

THE VERY HIGH NUMBERS BRANDED ON EACH OF THESE CHAIRS SUGGESTS THAT THEY WERE PART OF LARGE SETS USED FOR SPECTATORS WATCHING MILITARY EXERCISES FROM THE ROYAL PAVILION AT ALDERSHOT CAMP. IN THE 19TH CENTURY ALDERSHOT WAS THE HOME OF THE BRITISH ARMY AND APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES FROM WINDSOR CASTLE.

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