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PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1740
Details
A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
CIRCA 1740
the dished back and seats upholstered in close-nailed tan leather, on bold cabriole legs carved at the knees with satyr masks and terminating in lion paw feet with concealed brass castors, five with cross-hatching to the ears and other variations to carving across the suite
CIRCA 1740
the dished back and seats upholstered in close-nailed tan leather, on bold cabriole legs carved at the knees with satyr masks and terminating in lion paw feet with concealed brass castors, five with cross-hatching to the ears and other variations to carving across the suite
Provenance
Recorded by Nancy Lancaster (1897-1994) as formerly in the collection of the Earls of Chesterfield,
Nancy (later Lancaster) and Ronald Tree (1897–1976) at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire and subsequently removed to Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire,
thence by descent to Mereworth Castle, until sold, The Property of Michael Tree, Esq., Mereworth Castle, Kent; Sotheby’s, London, 13 May 1960, lot 11,
Property of Lady Anne Tree, removed from Mereworth Castle, Kent; Christie’s, London, Important English Furniture, 23 May 1968, lot 32,
With Frank Partridge, London,
Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, probably supplied by John Fowler in 1968.
Nancy (later Lancaster) and Ronald Tree (1897–1976) at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire and subsequently removed to Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire,
thence by descent to Mereworth Castle, until sold, The Property of Michael Tree, Esq., Mereworth Castle, Kent; Sotheby’s, London, 13 May 1960, lot 11,
Property of Lady Anne Tree, removed from Mereworth Castle, Kent; Christie’s, London, Important English Furniture, 23 May 1968, lot 32,
With Frank Partridge, London,
Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, probably supplied by John Fowler in 1968.
Literature
R. Becker, Nancy Lancaster: Her Life, Her World, Her Art, 1996, pp. 167 and 168 (ill. Kelmarsh).
M. Wood, Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style, 2005, pp. 37 (ill. Kelmarsh Hall) and 72 (ill. Ditchley Park).
M. Wood, John Fowler: Prince of Decorators, 2007, pp. 59, 238 and 242 (ill. Cornbury Park).
J. Goodall, 'Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire: The seat of Lord and Lady Rotherwick', Country Life, 26 September 2012, p. 112, fig. 2.
M. Wood, Nancy Lancaster: English Country House Style, 2005, pp. 37 (ill. Kelmarsh Hall) and 72 (ill. Ditchley Park).
M. Wood, John Fowler: Prince of Decorators, 2007, pp. 59, 238 and 242 (ill. Cornbury Park).
J. Goodall, 'Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire: The seat of Lord and Lady Rotherwick', Country Life, 26 September 2012, p. 112, fig. 2.
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Thomas Williams
International Head of English Furniture & Clocks