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Lot Essay
Designed in the George IV 'Old English' style, this library chair derives from a George II chair at Boyton House, Wiltshire (P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1927, vol. I, p. 237, fig. 91). This pattern of chair was revived in the early part of the nineteenth century, listed in the Gillows' Estimate Sketch Book of 1827 (see Gillow Archives, Westminster City Archives, E.S. 3603) and executed in a variety of woods - including mahogany, walnut, yew and elm.
Chairs of this pattern have been keenly sought by connoisseurs of English furniture, including a pair in yew and elm, formerly in the celebrated collection of Percival D. Griffiths FSA (d.1938), and subsequently owned by Frederick Poke (d.1974). This pair was later sold from the collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III, Christie's New York, 26 Janaury 2010, lot 230 ($30,000 including premium).
Another pair, formerly in the collection of Claude Berkeley, 4th Viscount Portman (1864 - 1929), was sold Christie's London, 27 May 2010, lot 55 (£21,250 including premium).
A single brown oak chair of this pattern was sold anonymously Christie's, London, 16 September 2004, lot 6 (£7,767 including premium), and is illustated in Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 - 1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. I, p.231, pl.225.
Chairs of this pattern have been keenly sought by connoisseurs of English furniture, including a pair in yew and elm, formerly in the celebrated collection of Percival D. Griffiths FSA (d.1938), and subsequently owned by Frederick Poke (d.1974). This pair was later sold from the collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III, Christie's New York, 26 Janaury 2010, lot 230 ($30,000 including premium).
Another pair, formerly in the collection of Claude Berkeley, 4th Viscount Portman (1864 - 1929), was sold Christie's London, 27 May 2010, lot 55 (£21,250 including premium).
A single brown oak chair of this pattern was sold anonymously Christie's, London, 16 September 2004, lot 6 (£7,767 including premium), and is illustated in Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 - 1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. I, p.231, pl.225.