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拍品专文
The unusual draped leg pattern appears on a set of four backstools that formed part of the collections of the Leigh family at Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire. The chairs were sold at Christie's, London on 15 July 1965, lot 269 where they were purchased by Esmond Bradley Martin; they were sold again as part of the Bradley Martin estate at Sotheby's, New York, 30 October 2002, lot 196. A further two chairs of the same model are in the corporate collection at Christie's King Street.
Stoneleigh Abbey has been in the Leigh family since 1558. It was greatly expanded by the 3rd Lord Leigh from 1720-1726 with the addition of the Baroque west range. Extensive records preserved at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust list various makers who supplied furniture during the eighteenth century. Unfortunately, these records do not provide insight as to the maker of the Stoneleigh chairs, and by extension, the probable maker of this pair of stools. The cabinet-makers affiliated with Stoneleigh from the 1740s to the 1760s include: Thomas Burnett, London whose work for the London house of Peter Du Cane of Braxted Park, Essex in 1748-49 included a 'walnuttree closestool stufft and covered with black leather' and who received £3,536 for his work at Stoneleigh in 1765-66; Thomas Dobyn, London (d. 1765) who corresponded about a delivery of a sofa at Stoneleigh in 1755; John Grimes, London who supplied a 'wallnut stool' at 5s in 1756; and Humphrey Hands of Warwick with various listings at Stoneleigh between 1740-43 (Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840). (Also see J. Cornforth, 'Stoneleigh Abbey', Country Life, 14 March 2002, pp. 70-75).
William and Richard Gomm were the principal cabinet-makers employed by the 5th Lord Leigh when he came of age in 1763 and set about an extensive refurbishing of the house (see the footnote for the Kenure Park chairs, lot 100, which discusses the firm and illustrates a carved table supplied to Stoneleigh).
Stoneleigh Abbey has been in the Leigh family since 1558. It was greatly expanded by the 3rd Lord Leigh from 1720-1726 with the addition of the Baroque west range. Extensive records preserved at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust list various makers who supplied furniture during the eighteenth century. Unfortunately, these records do not provide insight as to the maker of the Stoneleigh chairs, and by extension, the probable maker of this pair of stools. The cabinet-makers affiliated with Stoneleigh from the 1740s to the 1760s include: Thomas Burnett, London whose work for the London house of Peter Du Cane of Braxted Park, Essex in 1748-49 included a 'walnuttree closestool stufft and covered with black leather' and who received £3,536 for his work at Stoneleigh in 1765-66; Thomas Dobyn, London (d. 1765) who corresponded about a delivery of a sofa at Stoneleigh in 1755; John Grimes, London who supplied a 'wallnut stool' at 5s in 1756; and Humphrey Hands of Warwick with various listings at Stoneleigh between 1740-43 (Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840). (Also see J. Cornforth, 'Stoneleigh Abbey', Country Life, 14 March 2002, pp. 70-75).
William and Richard Gomm were the principal cabinet-makers employed by the 5th Lord Leigh when he came of age in 1763 and set about an extensive refurbishing of the house (see the footnote for the Kenure Park chairs, lot 100, which discusses the firm and illustrates a carved table supplied to Stoneleigh).