*A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

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*A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1740

In the manner of Giles Grendey, each scalloped crest above a pierced foliate-carved splat, the drop-in seat upholstered in blue silk damask, the seatrail edged with gadrooning, on foliate-carved cabriole legs and hairy paw feet, both chairs bearing the printed paper depository label of J.Wilson & Sons, Exeter, no. 95, one with plastic plaque of Frank Partridge, seat frames replaced (2)

Provenance

The Stephens family of Pravalaga, Cornwall and later at Culver House
Acquired from F. Partridge and Son, London in 1936 (originally set of six)

Literature

Antiques at Williamsburg, 1953, p.7 (shown in situ in the Governor's Palace dining room) and p.19
The Williamsburg Collection of Antique Furnishings, 1973, pp.22-23 (in situ)

Exhibited

Governor's Palace, Dining Room

Lot Essay

These chairs reputedly formed part of the furnishings of Culver House, the neo-Tudor home built for the Rev. Richard Stephens in 1835 and remodelled for Edward Byrom in the 1870's. Four from the set were sold by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Sotheby's New York, 9 June 1984, lot 89 (cover lot).