A VICTORIAN WALNUT FOUR-CHAIR BACK SETTEE

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A VICTORIAN WALNUT FOUR-CHAIR BACK SETTEE
carved with rocaille and foliate scrolls, the undulating back with interlaced pierced vase splats, with moulded outswept foliate-headed scroll arms and a drop-in seat, on cabriole legs terminating in scroll feet, bearing a paper label, part of a catalogue description, 157 A Chippendale carved mahogany settee with open arms and loose upholstered seat on carved cabriole legs, and with two ivorine labels Lady Ludlow Collection 703
66in. (168cm.) wide

Provenance

34, Hertford Street, London, Plate Book (circa 1938-1944) - page 1 (Outer Hall) - 'obtained from Luton Hoo, £60.0.0. this genuine Chippendale settee came from Luton Hoo, Herts when Lady Ludlow's goods were sold (ivory tablet on bottom of seat affixed by A. Amor prior to the sale) '
A. Amor was a prominent antique dealer in the first half of the 20th century.

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Lot Essay

After the death of Sir Julius Wernher in 1912, his widow Alice (1862-1945) remarried Lord Ludlow. Lady Ludlow continued to live at Bath House, Piccadilly, and many objects from the Wernher collection there bear her label. It is probably only coincidence, but the collection at Bath House, and subsequently at Luton Hoo, contained one of the finest 18th Century mahogany chairback settees, which was sold in Sotheby's Luton Hoo sale, 24-25 May 1995, lot 31, and is now in a distinguished private collection.

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