LATE 17TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ROBERTS

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A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
LATE 17TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS ROBERTS
Each with a seat upholstered in blue and white cotton with geometrical pattern, the pierced back headed and decorated by flowerheads, scrolling foliage and a vase of flowers, the uprights carved with foliage, beads and husks, on square sectioned baluster-shaped legs joined by an X-shaped moulded stretcher, with later finial inscribed on the reverse of the back '1' and '4', one bun foot replaced
53½in. (136cm.) high (2)

來源

Bought from David Drey

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

The chairs are designed in the Louis Quatorze Roman fashion, popularised around 1700 by the Livres d'Appartments issued by Daniel Marot (d. 1752) 'architect' to William III with their triumphal-arched backs and splats richly fretted with 'Venus' shells above vases that are displayed in ribbon-scrolled lozenged compartments that are wreathed by Roman acanthus. Splats of this pattern featured on a set of chairs, formerly at Underley Hall, Kirby Lonsdale (Penrith Farmer's and Kidd's sale at Underley Hall 12-15 September 1945, lot 467; and exhibited by Edward Nield at the Antique Dealer's Fair 1947). A set of six chairs of the present pattern, but with different front legs, was sold anonymously, Phillip's, London, 5 October 1993, lot 44.