A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY SETTEES

CIRCA 1805, IN THE MANNER OF MOREL AND HUGHES, THE FABRIC SUPPLIED BY GEOFFREY BENNISON

細節

A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL-GILT MAHOGANY SETTEES
Circa 1805, in the manner of Morel and Hughes, the fabric supplied by Geoffrey Bennison
Each with rectangular back and out-scrolled padded sides with cushions upholstered in floral cotton above a panelled seatrail decorated with stars on leaf-tip-carved splayed legs headed by panelled shell clasps, one rail inscribed in white chalk 915JT, the feet tipped, regilt
93in. (236cm.) wide

來源

Captain J.S. Frazer, sold Christie's London, 20 December 1950, lot 234 (45gns).

拍品專文

This fine pair of parcel-gilt mahogany settees in the French 'Antique' manner typify the popular taste as promoted by the Prince of Wales, later George IV. In 1820, the year of George's accession to the throne, the 3rd Duke of Northumberland employed Messrs. N. Morel and R. Hughes of Great Marlborough Street to modernise Northumberland House, London and furnish it in the fashionable 'French' style. Much of the furniture supplied was made of fine quality mahogany and embellished with parcel-gilding. The Northumberland suite of seat furniture displaying these attributes and relating to the French designs of Charles Percier (d.1838) now furnish the Ante Room at Syon House.