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A set of fourteen French carved giltwood dining or side chairs, late 19th/early 20th century
In the Louis XVI style, each with curved arched caned panelled back with foliate paterae cresting and ribband borders, with foliate ornament below, having balloon-shaped caned seat and guilloche carved seat rails, on stop-fluted tapering legs with foliate, block and spool turned feet, each with a pale green velvet floral embossed cushion (14)
In the Louis XVI style, each with curved arched caned panelled back with foliate paterae cresting and ribband borders, with foliate ornament below, having balloon-shaped caned seat and guilloche carved seat rails, on stop-fluted tapering legs with foliate, block and spool turned feet, each with a pale green velvet floral embossed cushion (14)
Provenance
Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Bt. (1850-1912), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, in the Ball Room, by whom bequeathed, through his widow
Alice, Lady Wernher, subsequently Lady Ludlow (1862-1945), to their son
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, in the Russian Rooms, and by descent.
Alice, Lady Wernher, subsequently Lady Ludlow (1862-1945), to their son
Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, in the Russian Rooms, and by descent.
Literature
1949 Luton Hoo Inventory, p. 17, in the Ball Room.
Special notice
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