ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM HALLETT
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS
Attributed to William Hallett
Each with a rectangular padded back and seat covered in close-nailed gros and petit-point associated French early 18th Century needlework in wool and silk, with foliage and strapwork on a yellow ground, the back and seat centred by an ornate Chinoiserie cartouche, the back with two figures by a wine-press, the seat with two mythological animals by a fountain, the reverse with yellow silk damask, on cabriole legs headed by a pendant-hung shell and gadrooned angle-brackets, on claw feet below a circular collar, with sunk brass and leather castors, with protective cotton covers, both with a material label to the webbing inscribed in ink on one 'No 4' and on the other 'No 6', additional corner blocks to one chair, with 20th Century restorations to the needlework, the design within the central cartouche of the seats, re-applied to a later backing
41 in. (104 cm.) high; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) total width; 30 in. (76 cm.) total depth (2)
Attributed to William Hallett
Each with a rectangular padded back and seat covered in close-nailed gros and petit-point associated French early 18th Century needlework in wool and silk, with foliage and strapwork on a yellow ground, the back and seat centred by an ornate Chinoiserie cartouche, the back with two figures by a wine-press, the seat with two mythological animals by a fountain, the reverse with yellow silk damask, on cabriole legs headed by a pendant-hung shell and gadrooned angle-brackets, on claw feet below a circular collar, with sunk brass and leather castors, with protective cotton covers, both with a material label to the webbing inscribed in ink on one 'No 4' and on the other 'No 6', additional corner blocks to one chair, with 20th Century restorations to the needlework, the design within the central cartouche of the seats, re-applied to a later backing
41 in. (104 cm.) high; 29 in. (73.5 cm.) total width; 30 in. (76 cm.) total depth (2)
Provenance
Acquired by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted, M.C. (d. 1948), Upton House, Warwickshire before 1936.
Thence by descent.
Thence by descent.
Literature
A. Oswald, 'Upton House, Warwickshire - I', Country Life, 5 September 1936, p. 251, fig. 8 (shown in situ in the Long Gallery). S. Murray, 'Upton House, Warwickshire', Country Life, 11 June 1992, p. 144, fig. 4 (shown in situ in the Long Gallery).