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Lot Essay
The pattern of this stool appears identical to a suite of chairs that remain at Aske Hall, Yorkshire, but seem more likely to have been supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas (d.1781) for 19 Arlington Street. There were two very closely related suites, one in giltwood with legs headed by scrolls, and one in mahogany without scrolls.
The giltwood suite was illustrated in Country Life in the 1930s while still at Arlington Street and a stool from it was sold in these Rooms, 31 January 1999, lot 113. Part of the remainder of the suite, including another stool, was sold by Cicely, Marchioness of Zetland, in these Rooms, 10 May 1973, lot 123.
Sir Lawrence Dundas was a considerable client of Thomas Chippendale and spent £1,300 in 1764. The extremely high quality of the timber, restrained neo-classical design and patera-headed herm legs suggest that Chippendale may have made this suite.
The giltwood suite was illustrated in Country Life in the 1930s while still at Arlington Street and a stool from it was sold in these Rooms, 31 January 1999, lot 113. Part of the remainder of the suite, including another stool, was sold by Cicely, Marchioness of Zetland, in these Rooms, 10 May 1973, lot 123.
Sir Lawrence Dundas was a considerable client of Thomas Chippendale and spent £1,300 in 1764. The extremely high quality of the timber, restrained neo-classical design and patera-headed herm legs suggest that Chippendale may have made this suite.