LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY LENYGON & MORANT AFTER THE HAMPTON COURT MODEL

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A SILVERED STOOL
Late 19th early 20th century, probably by Lenygon & Morant after the Hampton Court model
The rectangular padded seat covered in crimson velvet and metal thread-embroidery, edged with metal thread bullion fringe, on an imbricated x-frame support centred by a shell, on paw feet, the seat covers distressed, with traces of earlier pale blue decoration on the underside of the legs
17 in. (43 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This Roman stool pattern, with imbricated and shell-decked trusses terminating in bacchic lion-paw feet, derives from one which formed part of the furnishings supplied by Henry William in 1737, under the direction of the artist architect William Kent, to George II for Hampton Court Palace (R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., 1954, vol. III, p. 176, fig. 44 and R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers c. 1700-1830, London, 1955, p. 232, fig. 217).

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