Lot Essay
These richly serpentined chairs are conceived in the Louis XIV style popularised around 1700 by the 'Livres d'Appartements' issued by Daniel Marot (d. 1752), 'architect' to William III. Their carved frames celebrate 'peace and plenty' with urns and fruit and flower vases displayed amongst Roman acanthus on lambrequined pedestals. A related set of eighteen chairs, with flower-basket backs, was acquired by the National Trust from the Sir James Horlick collection for Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire (J. Kenworthy Brown, Dyrham Park, National Trust Guidebook, 1995, p. 8).
A pair of early eighteenth century chairs of this same pattern, reputed to have come from Hamilton Palace, Scotland are at Temple Newsam House, Leeds (see C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, vol. II, London, 1978, no. 546; and A. Bowett, 'Myths of English Furniture History: Anglo-Dutch', Antique Collecting, October 1999, p. 32
A further set, the Property of the late N. D. Newman Esq. and the late Mrs C. Newman, were offered in these Rooms, 29 November 1979, lot 13.
A pair of early eighteenth century chairs of this same pattern, reputed to have come from Hamilton Palace, Scotland are at Temple Newsam House, Leeds (see C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, vol. II, London, 1978, no. 546; and A. Bowett, 'Myths of English Furniture History: Anglo-Dutch', Antique Collecting, October 1999, p. 32
A further set, the Property of the late N. D. Newman Esq. and the late Mrs C. Newman, were offered in these Rooms, 29 November 1979, lot 13.