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A COLLECTION FROM A NEW YORK TOWNHOUSE
(LOTS 213-263)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND POLYCHROME DECORATED HALL CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED MAYHEW AND INCE, AND POSSIBLY CARVED BY SEFFERIN ALKEN, CIRCA 1775
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND POLYCHROME DECORATED HALL CHAIRS
Attributed Mayhew and Ince, and possibly carved by Sefferin Alken, Circa 1775
En suite with the previous lot (2)
Attributed Mayhew and Ince, and possibly carved by Sefferin Alken, Circa 1775
En suite with the previous lot (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly commissioned by George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (d. 1836) for Peper Harow, Surrey and by descent to
Lady Moyra Loyd, née Brodrick, daughter of the 1st Earl of Midleton and by descent.
The Property of a Family Trust; Christie's, London, 21 April 1994, lots 304-306.
with Jonathan Harris, London.
Lady Moyra Loyd, née Brodrick, daughter of the 1st Earl of Midleton and by descent.
The Property of a Family Trust; Christie's, London, 21 April 1994, lots 304-306.
with Jonathan Harris, London.
Literature
H. A. Tipping, 'Peper Harow, Surrey', Country Life, 26 December 1925, p. 1005, fig. 5 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
H. A. Tipping, English Homes, Period VI, vol. I, p. 279, fig. 439 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
C. Hussey, English Country Houses, Mid-Georgian 1760-1800, London, 1956, p. 111, fig. 205 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
J. Harris, Sir William Chambers, London, 1970, pl. 88 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
H. A. Tipping, English Homes, Period VI, vol. I, p. 279, fig. 439 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
C. Hussey, English Country Houses, Mid-Georgian 1760-1800, London, 1956, p. 111, fig. 205 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
J. Harris, Sir William Chambers, London, 1970, pl. 88 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).