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Lot 1280
A Mahogany Armchair and a Set of Four Victorian Walnut Balloon Back Dining Chairs, the armchair with moulded back, carved and fluted splat, seat and armpads upholstered in damask on square tapered and moulded front legs, and the four chairs upholstered in damask, on slender cabriole front legs
Lot 1233
An Early 20th Century Mahogany Armchair in the Manner of Robert Adams, the oval back with scroll ornament and carved anthemion, gadroon carved arms, the seat upholstered in green dralon, on slender turned and fluted legs Note: The chair is a copy of an original 18th Century chair designed by Robert Adam. An original example can be found in the book "British Antique Furniture", Sixth Edition by John Andrews, page 159, plate 131
Lot 5625
Edwardian cream painted dressing table, fitted with rectangular swing mirror over two trinket drawers with ceramic handles, rectangular top with frieze drawer, raised on turned front supports; with circular stool, leather seat over four turned supportsDimensions: Height: 156cm Length/Width: 107cm Depth/Diameter: 48cm
Lot 478
An early 19th century yew and elm Windsor armchair, Buckinghamshire, circa 1820-40The high hoop back shaped pierced and roundel turned splat flanked by four spindles, crook-shaped arm supports, elm saddle shaped seat, on four baluster-turned legs joined by an elliptical-turned H-form stretcher, 53cm wide, 100cm high. seat height 43cmProvenance: James Brett private collection, Norwich. Purchased 1980s.
Lot 475
A particularly tall yew Windsor armchair, Buckingham, circa 1800-40The hooped back with scribed edge, supporting four long tapering spindles either side of an impressive wheel fretwork splat, crook-shaped front arm supports, elm saddle seat, on ball and concave turned legs, joined by a crinoline stretcher, 59cm wide, 124.5cm high, seat height 44cmLiterature: See B. Cotton, 'The English Regional Chair' (2000), p. 69, fig. TV114, for a comparable Windsor armchair, in the B. Morley CollectionProvenance: James Brett private collection, Norwich. Purchased 1980s
Lot 533
A James I oak panel-back open armchair, West Country, probably Somerset, circa 1620The back panel with a run-moulded geometric design, namely a large central lozenge and matching spandrels, below a floral and lunette-carved top rail, the downswept arms with defined scale-profiled underside, on columnar-turned front supports, boarded seat with ovolo-moulded edge, columnar-turned front legs, joined all round by narrow run-moulded stretchers, 69cm wide, 116.5cm high, seat height 51cmLiterature: See Tobias Jellinek, 'Early British Chairs and Seats 1500 to 1700' (2009), p. 53, pl. 22, for a comparable armchair.
Lot 474
A Victorian yew Windsor armchair, North East Midlands, circa 1850The high hooped back with four long spindles flanking a stylized fleur-de-lys fretted top splat and two shaped frets in lower splat, turned underarm front support, elm saddle seat, single-ring and concave-turned baluster-shaped legs with straight feet, joined by a crinoline stretcher, 68.5cm wide, 115cm high, seat height 43cmProvenance: James Brett private collection, Norwich. Purchased 1980s.
Lot 502
A 19th century walnut and upholstered miniature stool, EnglishHaving a rectangular padded seat upholstered in floral needlework, on cabriole legs, with leafy-carved knees, and scroll feet, height 14cm, width 19cm, depth 16cmProvenance: Ivorine label to rear of one seat rail with ‘VR’ cipher reading ‘ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK’ ‘EXHIBITION ROAD S.W.'
Lot 302
A pair of mid-17th century walnut framed and leather upholstered open armchairs, FlemishEach with a rectangular padded back and stuff-over seat upholstered in embossed dark-green and gilt leather, in 'a griccia' and acanthus leaf designs, with low ball-turned flat arms, and matching turned legs, fore-rail and H-form stretcher, 95cm high, 57cm wide, 50cm deep. (2)
Lot 476
An impressive yew high-back Windsor armchair, Nottinghamshire, circa 1830-70The hooped back with scribed edge, and four long tapering spindles either side of a fretwork splat, the arm bow terminating in a notch to the underside, and supported on peg-baluster supports, the extremely broad elm seat on ring-turned legs with ball-turned feet, joined by a crinoline stretcher, possible traces of a trade card to the underside of the seat, 73.5cm wide, 118cm high, seat height 47cmLiterature: See B. Cotton, 'The English Regional Chair' (2000), p. 177, fig. NE272, for a Windsor armchair with comparable front arm supports and legs, attributed to the Allsop & Son, Worksop; and p. 183, fig. NE313, for a Windsor chair with the distinctive notch to the end of the arm, attributed to the Walker family workshop.Provenance: James Brett private collection, Norwich. Purchased 1980s.
Lot 582
An extraordinary James I joined oak double panel-back open armchair, probably Welsh, dated 1624Having a magnificent and tall fan-carved cresting, with tight-scrolls to the top edge and a group of three carved initials and/or dates to the lower edge, reading from the left, 'I H STP', '1624 MC', '1624' [it would appear an initial after 'STP' has been historically removed], the back with a deeply carved panel, unusually designed with a geometric-filled arch, with cusped lower edge, and raised on reeded pillars, enclosing one large and two small trident motifs or stylized angular fleur-de-lys, with leaf-and-berry upper spandrels, and all framed by radiating bands, above a narrow panel carved with bold nulling, between two matching carved horizontal back rails, the uprights with full-length scrolled 'ears', the horizontal arms with a shallow curve, and each with an eccentric superstructure, carved as a stylized female with naked torso, and square stepped finial, the rear return rail carved with matching arch motifs, on turned and double-fluted carved front supports, the boarded seat with ovolo-moulded edge, with matching null-carved seat rails, on multiple-turned front legs, joined by plain stretchers all round, 76cm wide x 53cm deep x 153cm highArmchairs featuring carved figural secondary supports above traditional arms are exceptionally rare. Presently only two further examples are known. One in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, [no. 14.70], and the other, formerly at Cold Overton Hall, Leicestershire, sold Sotheby's London, 10th October 1986, Lot 138.The statuesque proportions of this lot, combined with the use of unfamiliar motives and iconography, ensure the chair takes on a throne-like appearance, suggesting it was intended for a specific function. Conversely, it could be argued that the chair's main unique feature, the additional arm supports, merely act as 'wings', to provide extra support for cushions when placed around the sitter and secured in place by ties or ribbons. See Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (2016), p. 206. Indeed, this use of 'wings' is found on two related chairs, one dated 1659 in the Burrell Collection [no. 14.202], and the other formerly in the Clive Sherwood Collection, dated 1656, and sold Sotheby's, Olympia, London, 22 May 2002, Lot 405. Attributed to Lancashire, these two dated chairs are thought to have been made for William Stanley (1640-1670) a younger son of the Earl of Derby [ibid., 398]. However, apart from the obvious additional arm support neither of the Stanley chairs bares any true resemblance to this lot. The arm superstructure is merely a scaled-down version of the main arm, and as a result their use for cushion support seems more likely, whilst the impractical carved extra arm supports found here suggest an elaborate and grandiose statement of authority, rather than a simple practical use.Unfortunately, the unusual combination of dates and initials to the chair's cresting rail are difficult to decipher. However, they may indicate the chair had a ceremonial function, possibly in a church, as the initials 'STP' are known to stand for 'Sacrae Theologiae Professor' or Doctor of Sacred Theology, and are found elsewhere on monuments in English and Welsh churches to denote holders of the degree of Doctor of Divinity. For instance, a monument to Stephen Hales (1677 – 1761), eminent botanist and inventor of ventilators, was raised by Princess Augusta, George III's mother, in the south transept of Westminster Abbey: the letters 'S.T.P.' follow his name. A ceremonial function for the chair might account for the fact that at least two pairs of initials are present, the second pair added when the incumbent or office-holder changed.For related chairs see Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (2016), p.211, figs. 3:59 & 3:60 and p. 300, figs. 4:54 & 4:55, and Tobias Jellinek, Early British Chairs and Seats 1500 to 1700 (2009), p. 84, pl. 76. Michael Dann, The English Smile (2005), pp. 123-127, [item 21], illustrates a chair with a similar fan-cresting and nulled-carved rails. The back panel is also framed with 'slanted strips' as found here. This chair is dated to circa 1550-60 and described as English.Provenance:Private collection, Vale of Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales, where the chair was photographed and the image held at the National Museum of History, St. Fagans, CardiffSold Sotheby's, London, 10 September 2007, Lot 124Pelham Olive Collection. Sold Bonhams, London, 31st January 2019, Lot 136
Lot 477
A yew high-back Windsor armchair, Buckingham, circa 1790-1830The hooped back with scribed edge, having four tapered long spindles either side an unusual splat, designed with fretwork shields, splayed arms on crook-shaped support, elm saddle seat, on single ring and concave-turned legs, joined by a crinoline stretcher, 59cm wide, 113cm high, seat height 47cm highLiterature: See B. Cotton, 'The English Regional Chair' (2000), p. 70, fig. TV120, for a Windsor side chair with comparable fretwork splatProvenance: James Brett private collection, Norwich. Purchased 1980s.
Lot 358
An interesting William & Mary oak triple-panelled 'loving' armchair, circa 1690 Of broad design, the back of three fielded upright panels, below a serpentine-profile cresting rail, the flat outplayed arms with rounded ends, on square-section end supports, boarded seat, atop an ogee-profiled front seat rail, and arched side rails, on square-section legs joined by plain stretchers all round, 65cm wide, 99cm high, seat height 44.5cm high
Lot 488
An 18th century joined walnut, fruitwood and oak enclosed armchairHaving a narrow, tall and fielded back panel, a deep ogee-profiled cresting rail between scroll-ended uprights, and splayed round-ended flat arms, atop panelled sides, boarded seat and panelled front, open rear base, 68cm wide, 130cm high, seat height 40cm
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