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Lot Essay
Cette paire de tables peintes portant des étiquettes aux armes de la famille et une inscription « HAM D » étaient dans la collection des comtes de Dysart à Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, où ils apparaissent sur une photographie de la « North Drawing Room » daté de 1904, mais aussi dans une aquarelle de 1886 (P. Thornton, M. Tomlin «L'ameublement et la décoration de Ham House », Furniture History Society, vol XVI 1980, figs. 214, 207; Mme Roundell, Ham House: son histoire et ses trésors artistiques, impression privée, 1904, salle 32). Une liste additionnelle aux inventaires Ham House de 1844 et 1884 mentionne « une paire d’élégants supports en bois avec des personnages dans la « North Drawing Room », il pourrait s’agir des présentes tables. Les tables ont été probablement acquises par Lionel Tollemache, 5e comte de Dysart (mort en 1799), et bien que Ham House sous sa garde n’ait pas connu de changements significatifs, on compte de magnifiques meubles anglais tous datés vers 1780, y compris une commode Transition en marqueterie, désormais conservée dans Queen’s Bedchamber, ainsi qu’un ensemble de chaises en bois d’if, conservées dans la White closet de la duchesse. Un ensemble de cinq sièges peints et dorés, au dossier ovale, ont rejoint la collection (ibid., figs. 185-188).
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This pair of painted tables bearing labels with the family arms and the inscription, ‘Ham D’ was in the collection of the Earls of Dysart at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey where they appear in a photograph of the ‘North Drawing Room’ dated 1904, and also, allowing for artistic licence, in a watercolour of 1886 (P. Thornton, M. Tomlin, ‘The Furnishing and Decoration of Ham House’, Furniture History Society, vol. XVI, 1980, figs. 214, 207; Mrs. Roundell, Ham House: Its History and Art Treasures, privately printed, 1904, room 32). The 1844 and 1884 inventories for Ham House additionally list ‘A pair of handsome wood stands with figures’ in the ‘North Drawing Room’, which are possibly these tables. The tables were almost certainly acquired by Lionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart (d. 1799), and although Ham House under his guardianship did not experience any significant changes, some magnificent English furniture all dating circa 1780 including a marquetry transitional commode, now in the ‘Queen’s Bedchamber’, a set of yew-wood chairs, now in the Duchess’s ‘White Closet’, and a set of five painted and gilded oval-backed chairs were added to the collection (ibid., figs. 185-188).
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This pair of painted tables bearing labels with the family arms and the inscription, ‘Ham D’ was in the collection of the Earls of Dysart at Ham House, Richmond, Surrey where they appear in a photograph of the ‘North Drawing Room’ dated 1904, and also, allowing for artistic licence, in a watercolour of 1886 (P. Thornton, M. Tomlin, ‘The Furnishing and Decoration of Ham House’, Furniture History Society, vol. XVI, 1980, figs. 214, 207; Mrs. Roundell, Ham House: Its History and Art Treasures, privately printed, 1904, room 32). The 1844 and 1884 inventories for Ham House additionally list ‘A pair of handsome wood stands with figures’ in the ‘North Drawing Room’, which are possibly these tables. The tables were almost certainly acquired by Lionel Tollemache, 5th Earl of Dysart (d. 1799), and although Ham House under his guardianship did not experience any significant changes, some magnificent English furniture all dating circa 1780 including a marquetry transitional commode, now in the ‘Queen’s Bedchamber’, a set of yew-wood chairs, now in the Duchess’s ‘White Closet’, and a set of five painted and gilded oval-backed chairs were added to the collection (ibid., figs. 185-188).