A WILLIAM IV OAK AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED HALL BENCH
A WILLIAM IV OAK AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED HALL BENCH

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A WILLIAM IV OAK AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED HALL BENCH
The panelled back with three cartouches displaying the Drummond arms and inscribed 'DUM SPIRO SPERO', flanked by stylised scrolling foliate arms, on square tapering panelled legs headed by foliate brackets and on block feet, the shaped panels probably inserted later, the painted decoration later
38¼ in. (97 cm.) high; 74 in. (188 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The herm-legged settee, with palms flowering the cippi crestings, arms and trussed brackets, reflects the antique fashion promoted by George Smith's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, London, 1826; while the armorials are displayed in cusped tablets in the old English or Gothic manner. The Grecian acroteria relate to those on the hall chairs designed in 1810 by Jeffry Wyatt (d. 1840) (Sir Jeffry Wyattville), for Endsleigh, Devon (D. Jarold, Woburn Abbey, Norwich, 1995, p. 9).

The arms are those of Drummond of Riccarton.

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