ONE ARMCHAIR STAMPED 'P. REMY', CIRCA 1780

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A SUITE OF LOUIS XVI WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SEAT FURNITURE
ONE ARMCHAIR STAMPED 'P. REMY', CIRCA 1780
Comprising two fauteuils and four chaises, each with oval incurved padded back headed by laurel sprays, the fauteuils with downswept arms, covered in close-nailed ivory and gold silk, over a laurel-carved seat frame, on tapering fluted legs ending in toupie feet, redecorated, with pencil inscriptions to undersides 'VLM' and 'RB/WTA', with paper label to one 'Swaythling Heirlooms' and number '463', one with inscription 'Stanton' in black ink to the webbing (6)

Provenance

The Lords Swaythling, Townhill Park, Southampton.

Lot Essay

Pierre Remy, maître in 1750.

THE SWAYTHLING HEIRLOOMS
Samuel Montagu, first Baron Swaythling (1832 - 1911), was a distinguished foreign exchange banker and prominent philanthropist. The book collection, along with a distinguished collection of silver, furniture and pictures, all formed part of the Swaythling Heirlooms. These were sold in a series of sales at Christie's from May 6 - 8, 1924. Townhill Park and its interiors were chronicled extensively by R. R. Phillips in Country Life, 14 April, 1923, vol. 53, pp. 502 - 509 and April 21, vol. 53, pp. 536 - 537

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