AN ENGLISH ALTO RELIEVO STONE TABLET FROM THE OVERMANTEL OF THE GREAT HALL AT BLITHFIELD HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE, ATTIBUTED TO JAMES TRUBSHAW, C1820 135 x 165cmProvenance: Commissioedn by William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot (1778-1856) thence by descent to Nancy, Lady Bagot (d 2014).On inheriting Blithfield in 1798 the young Lord Bagot embarked on an extensive remodelling of the house in the fashionable Regency Gothic-Medieval style. A romantic and scholarly man who, unlike his two predecessors, was uninterested in politics but shared their intellectual ability and other interests, he was particularly conscious of the Bagot family's exceptionally long association with the ancient Staffordshire seat, in its beautiful setting. Lord Bagot commissioned the watercolourist and part-time architect John Buckler (1770-1851) to make drawings and later employed him to rebuild his second seat, Pool Park in North Wales.The alterations and decoration at Blithfield were the responsibility of the architect-builder James Trubshaw (1773-1853) whose grandfather and great grandfather (Richard and Charles Cope Trubshaw) had together Gothicised the house in the mid 18th century. James Trubshaw studied sculpture under Richard Westmacott the elder (1747-1808) and later supervised the building work at William Beckford's Fonthill Abbey before employment at both Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, where he assembled the Grand Staircase. Returning to his native Staffordshire in 1800 he worked on several important houses in the area including carving a number of wall tablets similar to the present example in the local sandstone.The vaulted Great Hall at Blithfield, approached along an enclosed cloister walk, retains its fine plasterwork interior by Francis Bernasconi (1762-1841) and is complete but for the present tablet that was removed prior to the date of the house first being listed (Grade I) in January 1953.++Extensive damage. Old flaking brown paint
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A WILLIAM IV-VICTORIAN YEW WOOD WINDSOR CHAIR BY GEORGE NICHOLSON OF ROCKLEY, C1831-41 with elm seat, 100cm h, edge of seat stamped NICHOLSON ROCKLEY++Overall faded colour and dry patina, crack in crinoline stretcher, old wear and knocks, structurally stable, seat not split, hairlines in armbow and back hoop
A George II mahogany Gainsborough style open armchair, with upholstered back, arms and stuffover seat, with serpentine front rail and raised on moulded legs united by stretchers, height to top of back 93 cm, width across broadest part of arms 69 cm, width across front of arms 62 cm, height to underside edge of seat rail 33 cm, seat depth at deepest point 52 cm (see illustration).
An early Victorian mahogany armchair, deep buttoned in foliate patterned material, stuffover seat, exposed showframe and raised on turned front legs. CONDITION REPORT: The armchair is structurally very sound with no loose joints. Whilst the upholstery is firm the outer covering does have some wear and staining particularly to the tops of the arms and the back. The fabric is a little yellowed in places. There are also further stains particularly to the arm tops. The front showframe and legs are in good order. The castors are original. The rear legs are scuffed and marked with edge losses. There are however no repairs to the rear legs which are structurally sound and have the original castors. Height to top of back 101 cm, width at widest point across arms 79 cm, seat depth 58 cm, maximum seat width 50 cm, minimum 42 cm. Height to seat top 43 cm.
A Regency/William IV mahogany armchair, with deep buttoned upholstered back, stuffover seat and raised on short turned tulip carved front legs terminating in castors. Width across arms 64 cm, height to top of back 99 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The chair is structurally very sound. It has clearly recently been re-upholstered and the fabric is in very good condition with no significant wear or any damage. All legs are in good order with no damage, no repairs and no restoration. All castors are original. There are no loose joints.
A Regency mahogany hall chair, in the manner of Thomas Hope, with solid seat and raised on front sabre legs. Width across seat 46 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The chair is currently structurally sound. The top rail when viewed from the front is in good condition as is the back panel. When viewed from the rear there is a stress fracture and other small fractures around the stile joint with the top rail. The rear of the back is in good order. The seat has full depth stress fractures running across the centre roundel. The front rail is in good order as are the front legs which are not spliced. The rear legs are not spliced but do have repairs. The left-hand leg has a repair above the seat rail at the back. The right-hand leg has a letting section of timber just below the rear seat rail. Our images should show the extent of the repairs. There are some minor traces of old woodworm in the softwood beneath the seat.
An 18th century oak Wainscot chair, dated to the cresting rail 1739, with angled back, slope arms, solid seat and raised on turned legs with stretchers (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: This chair as come from a property in the Sedbergh area and in our opinion is likely to be a Cumbrian or Lancashire chair.
A David Robinson brown leather upholstered Chesterfield settee, deep buttoned and of traditional form. Width across arms 182 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: Depth 97 cm, height approximately 77 cm, seat depth 60 cm, seat width 119 cm. Height from floor to top of seat 40 cm. We would describe the colour as tan rather than orange.
A pair of Victorian carved oak throne armchairs, with foliate and scroll carved cresting rails, downswept arms, solid seats and raised on legs of tapered square section terminating in spade feet. Width across seat front 71 cm, height to top of back 134 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The height from the floor to the top of the seat is 48 cm. On the chair with the fox mask to the rear of the left arm the cresting rail is in good order. The panelled back is also in good condition with the exception of a missing block beneath the right- hand pillar. The left-hand block is loose but present. The left-hand mask has woodworm damage to the nose and further traces of woodworm. Beneath the mask where the arm joins the stile also has evidence of woodworm and some powdered timber loss. In our opinion the woodworm is long gone. There is some further evidence of woodworm to the pilaster beneath the arm at the back. The front corner of the left arm has damage around the scroll and again further evidence of long gone woodworm. Both carved armed supports and the seat are in generally good condition. The front carved rail beneath the seat is very dirty. The left-hand leg has a split but no movement. The right-hand leg is structurally sound also. There is next to no movement at the rear legs. The second chair top rail is in good order. The panelled back also is in good condition. The left-hand lion mask at the end of the arm has a loss to the ear and head. Again this is old woodworm. There is further traces of woodworm down the left-hand arm and also to the front scroll and mask support of the right-hand arm. The front rail and seat are in good condition. There is some movement at the joint of the front legs and a little more at the rear joints. There are some traces of woodworm in other sections of both chairs but again in our opinion this is long gone.
A pair of Regency mahogany hall chairs, each with carved backs, solid shaped seats and raised on turned tapered reeded front legs (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: Both chairs require work. Both backs are in generally very good order. The chair without the loss to the corner of the seat has one small old loss to the right-hand scroll terminal on the top rail. Both seats have full depth vertical splits and one chair has a loss to the left-hand front corner of the seat. The same chair has damage to the joint at the top of the leg with a significant timber loss. Both front legs on the same chair are in good order. The top right-hand leg does however have a drilled and dowelled repair. The rear right hand leg to the other chair has had a break and repair. The rear blocks are later replacements. The front legs are in generally good order. There is no evidence of any woodworm. Mattress length 188 cm. Overall bed length 201.5 cm, height of back 149 cm. Mattress width 91 cm.
A 19th century Anglo-Indian carved hardwood settee, with foliate and fruit carving to the exposed showframe, upholstered back and seat and raised on cabriole front legs. Length 182 cm. CONDITION REPORT: We would have thought that this settee would date from around 1870/1880. We have no specific provenance.
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