A GEORGE I WALNUT AND BURR-ELM DOUBLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE

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'Alterations and additions were made to the house in the times of Queen Elizabeth, James I and Queen Anne; but from the latter date onward the successive owners have been wise enough to preserve the house, both outside and inside, from the vandalism which has disfigured so many of the mediaeval mansions of 'merrie England'. An appreciation of his 'inheritance' by Sir Alfred Erasmus Dryden, Bt. of Canons Ashby THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 37 - 39)

A GEORGE I WALNUT AND BURR-ELM DOUBLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE I WALNUT AND BURR-ELM DOUBLE-CHAIRBACK SETTEE
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With a pair of serpentined rectangular solid vertical splats and faceted armrests flanking a drop-in seat covered in 20th century gros point needlework of flowers on a yellow ground, above a plain apron, on cabriole legs joined by turned baluster H-shaped stretchers, on pad feet, five ears replaced, the armrests replaced in mahogany
43¼ in. (110 cm.) high; 55½ in. (141 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48.5 cm.) depth of drop-in seat

来源

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 September 2002, lot 192.

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拍品专文

The rectilinear back, clearly influenced by Chinese chairs of the 16th century, also appears on the dining-chairs at Newhailes, East Lothian, a Scottish house which retains much of its original early 18th century furnishings. Some of the Newhailes chairs are illustrated in Country Life (P. Duncan, 'Newhailes, East Lothian - I', Country Life, 29 January 1987, pp. 87 and 89, figs. 6 and 10 and 'The Bended Back Chair', Exhibition Catalogue, London, 13-29 June 1990, no. 14). A pair of chairs with related crossbanded vertical splats and labelled by the St Paul's Churchyard cabinet-makers William Old and John Ody was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 24 November 2005, lot 167.

This sofa still retains its original canvas webbing.