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A set of six George II mahogany hall chairs circa 1750
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- mahogany
the solid shaped backs and dished seats on trestle supports
Literature
Crewe House, London, Inventory, Vol. 2, 1913, p.74, in the Entrance Hall; A Set of 6 mahogany Hall Chairs of Italian design with shaped tall backs on scroll front supports and flat stretcher rails.
Condition
Scuffs to the seats from the buttons of footman tailcoats. Chips and old marks from the use and old splits.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
These wonderful mahogany hall chairs take their inspiration from Italian Renaissance ‘sgabello’ archetypes such as the early examples attributed to Franz Cleyn (1582-1648) at Petworth House and Holland House (Gervase Jackson-Stops ed.,’The Treasure Houses of Britain’, Exhibition Catalogue, Yale University Press, 1985, pp. 134-135). The design of the present suite, with their urn shaped outline, is wholly neo-Palladian in taste and heavily influenced by the Roman fashion espoused by Inigo Jones (d.1652) and later championed by the prodigious polyhistor William Kent and his great patron Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl Burlington. The West Horsley suite are almost identical to a set of eight mahogany hall chairs supplied by Alexander Peter for Dumfries House in 1758 and a further set of eighteen hall chairs supplied by George Nix for Ham House circa 1729, which are distinguished by the family crests emblazoned on the curved backs, lacking from the present lot (Christopher Rowell ed., ‘Ham House’, Exhibition Catalogue, Yale University Press, 2013, p. 281, fig. 278).