A WESTMINSTER TYPE LEATHER SEDAN-CHAIR
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A WESTMINSTER TYPE LEATHER SEDAN-CHAIR

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A WESTMINSTER TYPE LEATHER SEDAN-CHAIR
With hinged domed top above a hinged door to the front enclosing a red cotton-lined interior with bench seat and three sash-windows, two with ivory-knobs, fitted with additional brackets to the rear to allow for carrying upstairs; together with pitch-pine carrying poles, leather harnesses, and a George III ormolu and mahogany cased sedan-clock
63½ in. (162 cm.) high; 30 in. (76 cm.) wide; 36 in. (92 cm.) deep
The shafts: 82 in. (208 cm.) long
來源
By repute The Dukes of Grafton, Euston Hall, Suffolk.
Certainly acquired before 26 April 1925, when featured in a pastel
drawing of the Morning Room at Avenue House, Ampthill, by Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
出版
C. Hussey, 'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, The Residence of Prof. A.E. Richardson, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.', Country Life, 8 December 1934, p. 617, illustrated in 'The Morning Room'.
'A Treasure House of Antiquities, English Country Life in the Eighteenth Century', The Luton News, 15 August 1935, p. 13.
S. Houfe, Sir Albert Richardson, The Professor, Luton, 1980, p. 50.
注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Alexandra Cruden
Alexandra Cruden

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Charles II granted the title Duke of Grafton to his illegitimate son Henry FitzRoy in 1675 who inherited Euston Hall, Suffolk, via his wife, in 1685 from the Earl of Arlington. Euston Hall remains the seat of the Fitzroy's Dukes of Grafton today.
The sedan chair, a form of litter vehicle, is thought to have initially come into use in London in circa 1630 with use reaching its height during the 18th century. Unusually small sedan chairs of this type were popular in the early 18th century when the scale of domestic architecture, especially doorways, was smaller than later in the century. This chair is closely related to an example in the collection at 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, by S & A Fuller of Bath and this example may well be by the same maker. An elaborate ormolu mounted sedan chair of similar form was commissioned for Queen Charlotte in 1763 and remains in the Royal Collection (see, J. Roberts ed. George III & Queen Charlotte, London 2004, p. 268, no. 74.). This sedan chair was occasionally used by Professor Sir Albert Richardson when he was carried out to dinner by liveried footman.

We are grateful to Stephen Loft-Simson for his advice regarding this lot.

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