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The elegant George III sofa, with floral tablet rail and fluted columnar legs, is conceived in the French antique fashion; and the goût Grec sacred urns crowning its triumphal arched back reflect the Roman 'columbarium' style of 'vase' decorating promoted in the 1770s by the court architects, Robert Adam and Sir William Chambers. In particular this 'French' fashion was adopted by the Tottenham Court Road 'cabriolet chair-frame maker' John Meschain, together with his partner François Hervé, who superceded him in the 1780s. Japanned 'cabriole' chairs of this pattern were amongst seat furniture commissioned from Hervé around 1780 for Devonshire House, London and Chatsworth, Derbyshire by the 5th Duke of Devonshire (d. 1811) and his Duchess, née Spencer (I. Hall, 'A Neoclassical episode at Chatsworth', Burlington Magazine, June 1980, pp. 402-414 & fig. 39). Hervé, who also supplied the Duke with large end-seated sofas called 'Confidants', described such chair legs as - feet turned, flu[te]d and counterflu[te]d’.
Brynkinalt, Clwyd, the ancient family seat of the Trevor family, was built in 1612 by Sir Edward Trevor. Two centuries later, the house was aggrandised by Arthur Hill-Trevor, 2nd Viscount Dungannon (d. 1837), and then in 1926 and again in 1952, when it was returned almost to its original appearance.
Brynkinalt, Clwyd, the ancient family seat of the Trevor family, was built in 1612 by Sir Edward Trevor. Two centuries later, the house was aggrandised by Arthur Hill-Trevor, 2nd Viscount Dungannon (d. 1837), and then in 1926 and again in 1952, when it was returned almost to its original appearance.