CIRCA 1805-10, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES WYATT

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A PAIR OF REGENCY GOTHIC CANED OAK CHAIRS
CIRCA 1805-10, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES WYATT
Each cushion covered in coral-patterned cotton, with tapering cluster-column legs and brass castors, inventory label 317, restorations
35 ¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high; 21 ¾ in. (55 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly commissioned by James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey (1723-1808) for West Dean House and by descent to his granddaughter
Mrs Caroline Harcourt (née Peachey; d. 1871) until
acquired with West Dean Park in 1871 by Frederick Bower and subsequently sold in 1891 to
William James and by descent at West Dean.

Literature

Almost certainly the 2 occasional chairs carved oak back cane seats referred to from the suite of oak furniture specially designed to correspond with the fittings of the room noted in the Library at West Dean in an undated document of circa 1871 (West Dean archives).

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