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A pair of French giltwood and cane alcove seats, late 19th/early 20th century
In the Louis XVI taste, each curved panelled caned back with ribband and ribbon-tied palm spray (one cresting) defective with beaded mouldings and moulded curved sides with foliate finials, having a caned seat with cushion and foliate and beaded panelled seat-rail, with entrelac ornament, on stop-flluted tapering legs terminating in turned spool feet
each -- 72in. (183cm.) wide, 41¼in. (105cm.) high, 34in. (86.5cm.) deep (2)
In the Louis XVI taste, each curved panelled caned back with ribband and ribbon-tied palm spray (one cresting) defective with beaded mouldings and moulded curved sides with foliate finials, having a caned seat with cushion and foliate and beaded panelled seat-rail, with entrelac ornament, on stop-flluted tapering legs terminating in turned spool feet
each -- 72in. (183cm.) wide, 41¼in. (105cm.) high, 34in. (86.5cm.) deep (2)
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 Ball Room, 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 Ball Room, and by descent.
Literature
1949 Luton Hoo Inventory, p. 17, in the Ball Room.
Special notice
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