A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1710-15

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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1710-15
Each arched close-nailed padded back and seat upholstered in 18th century gros and petit-point needlework with flowering urns and flowers, on cabriole legs with scrolled faceted knees and feet, joined by stretchers, the turned back stretchers 19th century, two side stretchers replaced to one chair, the needlework basically 18th century with extensive re-weaving, one chair with back legs slightly reduced
44¼ in. (112.5 cm.) high, and slightly smaller (2)

Provenance

The Collection of Diane & Thomas Berger, sold Christie's London, 12 February 1998, lot 24.

Literature

D. Hall, 'Diane the Huntress', World of Interiors, October 1992, pp. 161 & 163

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Lot Essay

This type of 'Parlour chair', with triumphal arched needlework back, featured as early as 1717 on 'India' [Chinese] fashion parlour chairs inventoried in 1717 at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire (A. Bowett, 'Some Chinese Influences on Early Georgian Furniture', Antique Collector, July 2007, pp. 4-7, fig. 7).

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