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Lot Essay
Their beribboned laurel-wreathed backs derive from a Louis XVI chair pattern by Jean Charles Delafosse (d. 1789) published in his Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, 1768. The same pattern inspired the design of chairs supplied in 1770 for Croome Court, Worcestershire by Messrs. John Mayhew and William Ince of Golden Square, (H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, vol. I, fig. 78; and J. Lane, 'The Furniture at Croome Court', Apollo, April, 1997 p. 27).
A pair of chairs of this pattern, formerly in the collection of Mr. Goodwin and illustrated around 1900 in a watercolour of his London home, Weatherall House, Hampstead, was sold, Phillips London, 11 February 1997, lot 88. Another pair, with slightly different feet, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 10 April 1986, lot 34. A set of four broader armchairs of this pattern, but lacking the base rail to the back, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 6 July 1962, lot 128.
A pair of chairs of this pattern, formerly in the collection of Mr. Goodwin and illustrated around 1900 in a watercolour of his London home, Weatherall House, Hampstead, was sold, Phillips London, 11 February 1997, lot 88. Another pair, with slightly different feet, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 10 April 1986, lot 34. A set of four broader armchairs of this pattern, but lacking the base rail to the back, was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 6 July 1962, lot 128.