A WILLIAM AND MARY GILTWOOD WING ARMCHAIR

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ROBERTS, CIRCA 1690

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A WILLIAM AND MARY GILTWOOD WING ARMCHAIR
Attributed to Thomas Roberts, Circa 1690
The rectangular padded back and scroll-form sides with loose cushion seat covered in green and white Fortuny fabric, on S-shaped carved legs joined by waved stretchers, regilt, two rails replaced

Provenance

Purchased from Spink & Son, London, 1980.

Lot Essay

The name Thomas Roberts has become almost synonymous with the elaborate walnut chairs of the period. Their scrolling stretchers, also referred to in documents as 'horsebone', seem to derive from Flemish and Dutch prototypes in the so-called auricular style. Examples of his 'horsebone' chairs can be seen in A. Bowett, 'The English 'horsebone' chair, 1685-1710' The Burlington Magazine, May 1999, pp.263-270.

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