A PAIR OF GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS attributed to the Roberts family, en suite with the preceding lot, each with rounded rectangular padded back and seat covered in Victorian close-cut tan floral trellis on an ivory ground, the seat-rail centred by a husk trailed lambrequin foliate spray on a pounced ground, on acanthus spray headed channelled cabriole legs and spreading hoof feet with brass-bound moulded plinths, restorations, one leg spliced, one foot partially replaced, two legs with simulated burr decoration, one chair lacking all four brass shoes, re-gilt, each with handwritten label Stone Hall, one with paper label 12, the central apron of each chair distressed and lacking elements, three feet with worm damage

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A PAIR OF GEORGE I BURR-WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS attributed to the Roberts family, en suite with the preceding lot, each with rounded rectangular padded back and seat covered in Victorian close-cut tan floral trellis on an ivory ground, the seat-rail centred by a husk trailed lambrequin foliate spray on a pounced ground, on acanthus spray headed channelled cabriole legs and spreading hoof feet with brass-bound moulded plinths, restorations, one leg spliced, one foot partially replaced, two legs with simulated burr decoration, one chair lacking all four brass shoes, re-gilt, each with handwritten label Stone Hall, one with paper label 12, the central apron of each chair distressed and lacking elements, three feet with worm damage
25in. (63.5cm.) wide; 41¾in. (106cm.) high; 29in. (74cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Supplied to Sir Robert Walpole, later 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745) and part of the large set originally placed in the Cabinett and Cov'd or Wrought Bedchamber at Houghton

Literature

P. Macquoid, A History of English Furniture: The Age of Walnut, London, 1906, p. 194, fig. 172 (one from the suite)
H. Avray Tipping, 'Houghton Hall - II', Country Life, 3 August 1907, p. 169 (illustrated in situ in the Embroidered Room)
C. Latham, In English Homes, London, 1909, III, p. 369 (illustrated in situ in the Cabinet Room)
A. Stratton, The English Interior, London, 1920, pl. LXXIX (illustrated in situ in the Cabinet Room)
H. Avray Tipping, 'Houghton Hall - IV', Country Life, 22 January 1921, p. 102 and p. 106, fig. 7 and fig. 12 (illustrated in situ in the State Dressing Room)
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period V, Vol. I, Early Georgian, 1714-60, London, 1921, p. 107, fig. 135, p. 98, fig. 124, p. 100, fig. 127
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924-7, rev. edn., 1954, I, p. 260, fig. 105 (one from the suite)
C. Hussey, English Country Houses, Early Georgian 1715-60, London, 1955, p. 86, fig. 119 (two chairs from the suite)
R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 135, fig. 72 (one from the suite)
D. Cooper, ed., Great Family Collections, London, 1965, p. 229 (illustrated in situ in the Tapestry Room)
J. Cornforth, 'Houghton Hall, Norfolk - II', Country Life, 7 May 1987, p. 107, fig. 8 (one chair)
S. Morris, 'Houghton', The Antique Collector, January 1991, p. 53, fig. 2 (illustrated in situ in the Cabinet Room)

Lot Essay

The settee from the suite is illustrated in P. Macquoid, op. cit., fig. 195, in P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, op. cit., III, p. 81, fig. 23 and in R. Edwards, op. cit., p. 448, fig. 17

Recorded in the 1911 inventory in the Saloon '5 walnut & gilt cabriole legged carved high back chairs upholstered seats & backs (3 in green velvet, 2 in maroon stamped plush)'

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