MID-18TH CENTURY

细节

A PAIR OF GEORGE II TAPESTRY-COVERED WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular padded back and seat covered in associated late 17th early 18th century verdure tapestry, on cabriole legs with pad feet, one chair rerailed, the tapestry probably Flemish (2)

来源

Possibly commissioned in the 1720s by Admiral George Delaval for Seaton Delaval, Yorkshire.
Possibly transferred to Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire, circa 1764 and by descent to
Major Charles Francis Cracroft Jarvis, O.B.E., Doddington Hall; Christie's, London, 2 May 1929, lot 73 (a set of six).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 April 1993, lot 24.

注意事项

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拍品专文

This pair of chairs came from Doddington Hall. Doddington's historic furnishings include the 'Cumberland' bed from Seaton Delaval, Yorkshire; this dates from the beginning of George II's reign and was occupied in 1745 by his son the Duke of Cumberland (d.1765), hero of Culloden. Following its inheritance by Edward Hussey Delaval, F.R. S. (d. 1814), the bed was transferred to Doddington. It is possible that these chairs also originated from the Seaton Delaval state apartment and were transferred to Doddington, having been comissioned by Admiral George Delaval in the early 1720s. They relate to the contemporary chairs provided for Chicksands Priory, Bedfordshire, which accompanied Mary of Modena's bed and tapestries (see: D. Watkin, The Royal Interiors of Regency England, London, 1984, p. 54). A related suite of chairs at Knole in Kent is illustrated in J. Fowler and J. Cornforth, English Decoration in the 18th Century, London, 1974, p. 120.
Two further pairs of chairs from the same set as the present lot were sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 1 April 1993, lots 23 and Christie's, London, 28 November 2002, lot 88.