拍品专文
The caned Grecian-scrolled and reed-enriched stool derives from a pattern in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1807 (pl. XII, fig. 3). It also relates to a pattern illustrated in The London Chairmaker's and Carvers Book of Prices, 1823, pl. 4 (E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1977, pl. 273). Related dressing-stools, with flowered rather than embossed patterae, were supplied in 1812 by Gillows of London and Lancaster for Tatton Park, Cheshire (N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pl. 22). The embossed patterae featured on a stool bearing the 'GILLOWS LANCASTER' stamp, sold from the collection of the late Mary, Viscountess Rothermere, Christie's New York, 16 April 1994, lot 151.
The stool may have formed part of the furnishings introduced to Weston Hall, Northamptonshire in the early 19th Century by Colonel and Harriet Hely-Hutchinson; and later inherited by Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, who moved to Weston Hall in 1923 (F. Bamford, 'Weston Hall', Country Life, 22 January 1976, p. 178, fig. 9). The Journeyman's 'HH' brand has been noted on a variety of Regency seat furniture including the stool in the preceding lot.
The stool may have formed part of the furnishings introduced to Weston Hall, Northamptonshire in the early 19th Century by Colonel and Harriet Hely-Hutchinson; and later inherited by Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, who moved to Weston Hall in 1923 (F. Bamford, 'Weston Hall', Country Life, 22 January 1976, p. 178, fig. 9). The Journeyman's 'HH' brand has been noted on a variety of Regency seat furniture including the stool in the preceding lot.