EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE I WALNUT CORNER ARMCHAIR
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With curved toprail below a solid vase-shaped splat, the sides each with a solid column splat, above a padded seat covered in associated gros point needlework of flowers, on cabriole legs and pad feet, inscribed in chalk '709M', the apron partially reveneered

Provenance

Sir William Plender, later Baron Plender of Sundridge, G.B.E. (b. 1861), Bourne Park, Ovenden, Kent.

Literature

R. W. Symonds, Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks, London, 1940, p. 7, fig. 5.

Lot Essay

Lord Plender of Sundridge was one of several distinguished collectors of English furniture advised by the furniture historian R. W. Symonds (d. 1958) and his collection formed the basis of several articles by Symonds, published in Apollo and the German journal Pantheon in 1930-31 (C. Streeter & M. Barker, 'A Bibliography of Publications by Robert Wemyss Symonds', Furniture History, 1975, pp. 88-107).
Symonds included several pieces from Lord Plender's collection, including this chair, in his seminal book on 18th century English furniture Masterpieces of English Furniture and Clocks, London, 1940, as well as in his earlier publication Old English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture, 1923.

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