CIRCA 1820

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A SUITE OF LOUIS XVIII GILT-WALNUT SEAT FURNITURE
CIRCA 1820
Comprising eight fauteuils, two bergères, and two canapés, each with rectangular back, arms and seat covered in beige damask, the beaded frame carved with foliage, the curved seatrail flanked by paterae, on stop-fluted tapering legs terminating in toupie feet, the bergères with squab cushions, each seat with remains of a paper label, regilt
Each fauteuil: 37 in. (94 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) deep; each bergère: 37 in. (94 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (55.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep; the canapés: 37 in. (94 cm.) high; 53 in. (135 cm.) and 82½ in. (210 cm.) wide, respectively; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep (12)

Provenance

Charles Winn (d.1874), Tapestry Room, Nostell Priory, Wakefield, Yorkshire.

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Lot Essay

This splendid suite would appear to have been amongst the furniture introduced at Nostell Priory, Wakefield, Yorkshire by Charles Winn following his marriage to Priscilla Strickland in 1819 and the modernisation of the rooms under the Frith Street decorator Thomas Ward. Their architecture relates to that of the Tapestry Room's circular 'Loo' table and companion writing-table (see Christie's sale at Nostell Priory, 30 April-lst May 1990, lot 357). These chairs are conceived in the full-blown Louis XVI manner, but were in fact executed in the first years of the Restauration circa 1820.
Nostell Priory was erected by Sir Rowland Winn, 4th baronet (d.1765) under the supervision of architect Thomas Paine (d.1789). The furnishings were provided by thomas Chippendale (d.1775) and this is regarded as one of his most important comissions.

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