A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED STOOLS

POSSIBLY BY PHILIP GUIBERT

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A PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED STOOLS
Possibly by Philip Guibert
En suite with the preceding lot, the rounded rectangular padded drop-in seat, with eared corners, covered in associated early 17th Century petit-point floral needlework flowers on a 19th Century grey ground, the stool decorated overall with foliage, with a waved apron and square legs joined by a waved X-shaped stretcher, on pad feet, restorations, lacking one piece of seat moulding, one stretcher partially replaced, with remains of later varnish which has discoloured
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 28½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (59.5 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Sir Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (d. 1712), either for Kiveton, Yorkshire or Wimbledon, Surrey.
Thence by descent at Hornby Castle to John Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds (d. 1927) until sold in these Rooms, 10 June 1920, lots 105 and 106.
Purchased at that sale by the present owner's parents.

Literature

Inventory of Furniture at Hornby Castle, Selected by Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Leeds 1839, p.37, in the Bow Dressing Room.

Lot Essay

These two pairs of stools (lots 16 and 17) were probably placed in separate rooms during the 18th Century and the upholstery has thus been treated differently. The present seats are covered in a 19th Century grey ground onto which 'slips' of flowers dating from the early 17th Century have been applied.
The cushions which lie underneath the needlework and on top of the seat-frames are stuffed with feathers and sewn up with linen thread, and are probably 19th Century. The underside of the seats retain their 18th Century webbing and the seat-frames still have 18th Century nails with the remains of an 18th Century red-velvet, which may well have been the original seat covering.

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