LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

This throne is derived from an 'antique' Greek late Hellenistic 1-2nd Century B.C. prototype in San Gregorio Magno, Rome, discussed in G.M. Richter, The Furniture of the Greeks Etruscans and Romans, London, 1966, figs.162-5. This type of marble throne chair was inspirational to the architect/designer Charles Heathcote Tatham, who supplied a pair of giltwood throne chairs to George, Prince of Wales for Carlton House, London in 1813; executed by Tatham and Bailey at the enormous cost of £587 12s, they remain in the Royal Collection (illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, 1965, p.18, fig.11).