Herbert Rothbarth's important collection of 18th Century English furniture was sold in these Rooms, 26 May 1960. The collection included a set of four Queen Anne chairs from Glemham Hall, Suffolk (illustrated in P. Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, 'The Age of Walnut', London, 1908, p. 203, fig. 187), a mahogany writing-cabinet by Thomas Chippendale (illustrated in R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, rev. ed., 1955, p. 185, fig. 125) and a small walnut and lacquer bureau-cabinet by Hugh Granger from the Percival Griffiths Collection (illustrated, ibid., pls. 210 and 211).
Lot 50 in this sale was also sold by Norman Adams to Mrs Prescott in the early 1960s and then re-sold to this collector after her sale.
Lot 155 is also from the Prescott collection.