Lot 51
51
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD WINDOW SEAT
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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD WINDOW SEAT

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1775

Details
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD WINDOW SEAT
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1775
The padded oval ends above a serpentine Greek-scrolled front rail centred by ribbon-tied foliate apron, on square tapering legs, covered in original scrim, regilt
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 45 ¼ in. (115 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm) deep
Provenance
Probably originally acquired for Malahide Castle, County Dublin or Auchinleck House, Ayrshire and by descent,
Milo, 7th Lord Talbot of Malahide CMG (1912-1973) until sold by his executors; Malahide Castle; Christie's House Sale, 10-12 May 1976, lot 73 'A Set of Five Giltwood Window Seats'.
Literature
Two stools: C. Hussey, 'Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin II', Country Life, 25 April 1947, pp. 763, illustrated in the Miniature room.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

It is not clear when the set of five giltwood stools, attributed to Linnell, entered the collection at Malahide but they were possibly a component of the new 'Georgian' schemes implemented at the Castle from 1765 onwards, by Margaret, 1st Baroness Talbot of Malahide and her husband Richard Talbot. The collection at Malahide was added to extensively over the course of the Talbot's tenure, through marriage and inheritance, and another possibility, in regard to the present lot, is that it was added following the dispersal of the family's Scottish house, Auchinleck in Ayrshire, a neo-classical house, during the early years of the twentieth-century.

A very similar pair of stools, albeit with heavier carving, were sold Sotheby's London, 9 July 1999, lot 16 (£20,700, including premium).

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