Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE II OIL-GILT WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS attributed to Benjamin Goodison, en suite with the preceding lot, each with arched rectangular padded back and seat covered in dark green silk-velvet with lozenge pattern gold metal-thread border, the sanded seat-rail centred by a satyr-mask flanked by acanthus scrolls, the side rails similarly carved with a central scallop-shell, on C-scroll carved cabriole legs headed by tamed lion-masks suspending a ribbon-tied floral posy and bell-husks developing into lion's hocks, on claw feet, the splayed back legs similarly headed by tamed lion-masks and terminating in claw feet, each with pegged construction, one foot repaired, one with handwritten label HOUGHTON HALL
25in. (63.5cm.) wide; 39¼in. (100cm.) high; 25½in. (75cm.) deep (2)
25in. (63.5cm.) wide; 39¼in. (100cm.) high; 25½in. (75cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Supplied to Sir Robert Walpole, Bt., later 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745) for the Vandyke or State Dressing Room at Houghton
Literature
H. Avray Tipping, 'Houghton Hall - II', Country Life, 3 August 1907, p. 167 (illustrated in situ in the Green Velvet State Room)
C. Latham, In English Homes, London, 1909, III, p. 364-5 (illustrated in situ in the Green State Room) and p. 369 (in the Cabinet Room)
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period V, Vol. I, Early Georgian, 1714-60, London, 1921, p. 78, fig. 99 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall), and fig. 125 (in the Embroidered Bedchamber)
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924-7, rev. edn., 1954, I, pp. 60-2, figs. 43-4 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall)
C. Hussey, English Country Houses: Early Georgian 1715-60, London, 1955, p. 76, fig. 104 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall)
R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 41, figs. 25-6
D. Cooper, ed., Great Family Collections, London, 1965, p. 224 (illustrated in situ in the Green Velvet Bedchamber) and p. 225 (in the Stone Hall)
J. Cornforth, 'Houghton Hall, Norfolk - II', Country Life, 7 May 1987, p. 107, fig. 9 (two from the suite)
S. Morris, 'Houghton Hall', The Antique Collector, January 1991, p. 57, figs. 8-9 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall)
The wing chair from the suite is illustrated in P. Macquoid and R.Roberts, op. cit., I,p. 268, fig. 131, and in R. Edwards, op. cit., p. 140, fig. 92
C. Latham, In English Homes, London, 1909, III, p. 364-5 (illustrated in situ in the Green State Room) and p. 369 (in the Cabinet Room)
H. Avray Tipping, English Homes, Period V, Vol. I, Early Georgian, 1714-60, London, 1921, p. 78, fig. 99 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall), and fig. 125 (in the Embroidered Bedchamber)
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924-7, rev. edn., 1954, I, pp. 60-2, figs. 43-4 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall)
C. Hussey, English Country Houses: Early Georgian 1715-60, London, 1955, p. 76, fig. 104 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall)
R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 41, figs. 25-6
D. Cooper, ed., Great Family Collections, London, 1965, p. 224 (illustrated in situ in the Green Velvet Bedchamber) and p. 225 (in the Stone Hall)
J. Cornforth, 'Houghton Hall, Norfolk - II', Country Life, 7 May 1987, p. 107, fig. 9 (two from the suite)
S. Morris, 'Houghton Hall', The Antique Collector, January 1991, p. 57, figs. 8-9 (illustrated in situ in the Stone Hall)
The wing chair from the suite is illustrated in P. Macquoid and R.Roberts, op. cit., I,p. 268, fig. 131, and in R. Edwards, op. cit., p. 140, fig. 92