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Lot Essay
These hall chairs, with medallion backs in the manner of a pattern illustrated in Messrs. A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788, pl. LXX, relate to contemporary designs in Gillows of London and Lancaster's Estimate Sketch Book (L. Boynton (ed.), Gillows Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 255).
Four related chairs, with central painted monograms, were sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 19 March 1990, lot 64, and a pair, with central crests was sold on behalf of the Michael Winch Will Trust, Boughton Monchelsea Place, Kent, Christie's South Kensington, 21 January, 1998, lot 7.
Four related chairs, with central painted monograms, were sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 19 March 1990, lot 64, and a pair, with central crests was sold on behalf of the Michael Winch Will Trust, Boughton Monchelsea Place, Kent, Christie's South Kensington, 21 January, 1998, lot 7.