POLYCHROMED OAK, EACH CARVED WITH QUATREFOILS AND TREFOILS, THE BACKS SURMOUNTED BY A MONOGRAM ROUNDEL 'CMS' AND WITH TURNED FINIALS, UPHOLSTERED IN GREEN LEATHER AND WITH CHAMFERED SQUARE SECTION LEGS (DECORATION REFRESHED) 40IN. (101.5CM.) HIGH; 18IN. (46CM.) WIDE; 18IN. (46CM.) DEEP (2)

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HENRY WOODYER FOR HARLAND AND FISHER; PAIR OF SIDE CHAIRS
polychromed oak, each carved with quatrefoils and trefoils, the backs surmounted by a monogram roundel 'CMS' and with turned finials, upholstered in green leather and with chamfered square section legs (decoration refreshed) 40in. (101.5cm.) high; 18in. (46cm.) wide; 18in. (46cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Supplied in 1861 to Conway Mordaunt Shipley, Esq., Twyford Moors, Winchester, and by descent with the house until sold in Phillips house sale, 27 June 1989, lot 441.
Christies, London, 10 June 1999, lot 17.

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Lot Essay

These medieval banqueting-hall chairs, bearing the gothic-lettered cypher of Conway Mordaunt Shipley, sailor and artist in watercolours, were supplied by Messrs Harland and Fisher of Southampton Street, who also made William Burges's celebrated 'Wines and Spirits' cabinet that was shown in the Mediaeval court at the 1862 exhibition. Woodyer assisted William Butterfield in the 1840's and the 'sober grace' of his 'Old English' designs received praise in C. A. Eastlake's History of the Gothic Revival in England, London, 1872, pp. 328-332.

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