CIRCA 1760

Details

A PAIR OF CANADIAN WALNUT AND BEECH SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1760
Each with shaped top rail above a pierced splat and drop-in seat on acanthus carved cabriole legs, one with engraved brass plaque 'CANADIAN 18TH CENTURY/FROM KENT HOUSE, QUEBEC', minor restorations
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Kent House, Quebec (according to plaque)

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Lot Essay

Kent House or Duke of Kent House, Quebec, was originally built in the mid-17th century for Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge (d.1660), 4th Governor of New France and it was there that the 1759 the Articles of Capitulation of Quebec were signed. Following the British Conquest of New France the house changed hands several times before being purchased in 1777 by the Hon. Adam Mabane who leased the house from 1791 to 1802, to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (d. 1820) (father of Queen Victoria), from whom the house takes its name. Kent House survives today, although much altered, and serves as home to the French Consulate.

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