A WILLIAM AND MARY GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR

CIRCA 1700

Details

A WILLIAM AND MARY GILTWOOD ARMCHAIR
CIRCA 1700
With pierced foliate crest and rosette-carved frame enclosing a removable cut-velvet back, squab cushion and angled cabriole legs with scroll toes joined by a pierced scroll front stretcher

Provenance

Morris Loeb Bequest, 1956.

Lot Essay

The pattern arm features on chairs at Drayton House (1701-2), while the stretchers and legs conform to those at Burley-on-the-Hill (1702). Both sets were obviously highly prized as they were supplied for the State Bedrooms (see A. Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, 2002, pp. 238-239, pl. 8:17-8:18). The crest rail also features on a chair at Treasurer's House, York of the same date (op. cit., pl. 8:58).

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