Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1883-1937)
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Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1883-1937)

The gilt chair

Details
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1883-1937)
The gilt chair
signed 'F C B Cadell' (lower right) and inscribed 'The gilt chair' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1914.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Dowells, Edinburgh, 5 April 1930, lot 127.
with Aitken Dott, Edinburgh.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The gilt chair, as seen in the present work, features strongly in Cadell's studio interiors from around 1912.

The studio interiors of this time portray upper-class life in Edinburgh, ladies are shown elegantly attired with beautiful dresses and large elaborate hats and the gilt chair seems a natural prop for such a setting, its elegant proportions suggesting a certain refinement and class. It can be seen in The White Interior, 1914 (Sir Norman and Lady Macfarlane) and also in the corner of the room in Nude - Reflection (see lot 171).

The chair was obviously a favourite, it is still making an appearance in his paintings a decade later, this time re-upholstered in a plain mauve fabric, see The Gold Chair, 1921, (T. Hewlett, op. cit, p. 55, pl. 48).

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