A GEORGE III SIMULATED BAMBOO YELLOW-PAINTED ARMCHAIR
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A GEORGE III SIMULATED BAMBOO YELLOW-PAINTED ARMCHAIR

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III SIMULATED BAMBOO YELLOW-PAINTED ARMCHAIR
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The pierced Gothic arched-back with conforming arms above a drop-in caned seat, on cluster column front legs joined by stretchers, refreshments to the decoration, with pressed metal label 'M126'
Provenance
Edward James, Esq., Monkton House, West Dean Park, West Sussex; Christie's house sale, 2, 3 & 6 June 1986, lot 335.
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Lot Essay

The connoisseur Edward James (d. 1985) was encouraged in the 1930s by the Mount Street decorator Dolly Mann to introduce 'bamboo' furnishings together with palm-tree ornament as part of his Surrealist enrichment of Monkton, his 'magical house in the woods' at West Dean, Sussex (C. Aslet, 'Monkton House, West Sussex', Country Life, 12 September 1985, pp. 700-704).
An exhibition entitled 'The Interior Landscape of Surrealism: A glimpse into the Homes of Edward James, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller' was held at West Dean College in the Sussex Barn Gallery from 10 February-18 March earlier this year.

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