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A PAIR OF GEORGE I STYLE OIL-GILT STOOLS
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF EDITH K. EHRMAN
A PAIR OF GEORGE I STYLE OIL-GILT STOOLS

IN THE MANNER OF MOORE AND GUMLEY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE I STYLE OIL-GILT STOOLS
In the manner of Moore and Gumley
Each padded rectangular seat upholstered in Georgian style floral needlework, on acanthus-sheathed part-cabriole legs with splayed lower sections with squared foliate pad feet, yellow chalk inscription #342 (2)

拍品專文

These stools are inspired by the celebrated suite of seat-furniture almost certainly supplied by the Royal cabinet-makers James Moore Snr (d.1726) and John Gumley to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough for Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Patronised at Blenheim from 1705-20, Moore - known as her 'Oracle' - became indispensable to the Duchess following Vanbrugh's abrupt departure, and indeed became as much involved with the building work as the supervision and furnishings of the State Apartments. A chair and stool from the suite, the only difference being a shallow, moulded show-rail, is illustrated in P. Macquoid, The Age of Mahogany, London, 1906, fig. 30.