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A REGENCY EBONISED AND GILT TRIPLE CHAIR-BACK SETTEE with floral tablet splats, ball finials and ribbon tied fruiting oak leaf pendants, having caned seat on turned legs with double stretchers, 90cm h; 49 x 128cm ++Decoration generally rather worn, the caning of the seat aged and slightly damaged
A mahogany framed and upholstered two seater settee, in George III style, late 19th century, upholstered rectangular back and sides, seat with loose cushions, fronted by cabriole legs headed by carved acanthus and stylised flowerheads on claw and ball feet, rear outswept square section legs and castors, 120cm high, 155cm wide, 73cm deep
A William IV Rosewood Framed Scroll End Settee, 2nd quarter 19th century, upholstered in blue silk damask, the serpentine back support and padded sides above a squab cushion and two bolster cushions, the moulded seat rail with leaf carved supports, raised on turned tapering legs with brass toes and castors, 218cm by 80cm by 90cm
A Regency Mahogany Scroll End Settee, 2nd quarter 19th century, the C scroll reeded back support with brass stringing between S shaped end supports upholstered in green velvet, the squab cushion above a reeded seat rail, raised on turned legs with brass toes and castors, 220cm by 70cm by 88cm
A Walnut Framed Three-Seater Settee, early 20th century, upholstered in pale blue floral silk dralon, with six squab cushions above rounded arm supports, the seat rail centred by a shell and C scroll carving, raised on ball and claw feet with shell carved knees, 200cm by 90cm by 67cm; and Two Armchairs, en suite, 95cm by 80cm by 77cm
Sackville, the 5th Earl of Yarborough The property of Sackville George Pelham, the 5th Earl of Yarborough, d.1948. Sackville George Pelham, 5th Earl of Yarborough, MC (17 December 1888-7 February 1948) was a British peer and soldier, known as Lord Worsley from 1914-1926 and Lord Conyers from 1926 until his accession to the earldom in 1936. Pelham was the second son of Charles Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough and his wife, Marcia. In 1910, he became a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars and initially fought as a lieutenant in France during World War I before being promoted to the rank of captain in 1916. During the war his elder brother, Charles, was killed in action and Sackville assumed the former’s courtesy title of Lord Worsley. After the war, he was awarded the Military Cross and retired from the Army in 1919 when he married Nancy Brocklehurst (a niece of Lord Ranksborough). On the death of his father in 1936, Sackville inherited the earldom; in the same year he commanded the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry as a Lieutenant Colonel, being posted to Palestine at the outbreak of World War II. On returning to Britain in October 1940, the ship carrying the Earl and Countess of Yarborough came under enemy fire and was sunk. Although most of the passengers and crew survived, the Earl contracted respiratory problems which contributed to his early death in 1948 at the age of 59. A Rare Chinese Imperial qiangjin and tianqi Red Lacquer Altar Table. Qing dynasty, 17th/18th century, 156.5cm wide, 63cm deep, 88.5cm high. Decorated in red, brown, black and gold. The rectangular top finely incised to depict a large central panel of two confronting phoenix amidst scrolling peony flowers, leaves and tendrils. The panel is bordered by forty-one flying bats, the whole enclosed by a design of further flowers and foliage with a cockerel-headed mythical beast to each corner, all within a key fret edge. The frieze is decorated with a band of panels containing bats and swastikas above a pattern of bats, cloud scrolls and shou characters; the reverse, sides and legs with similar designs. A modern plate glass top. Provenance: Sackville, 5th Earl of Yarborough. The Earl used this table to display the fine green jade water buffalo and gilt stand from the Earl’s collection, which was sold in these rooms in May 2009. The Earl’s will contains the following excerpt: To my dear elder daughter, Diana Mary, the Red Lacquer long table and the settee to match, which stand in the front hall at Brocklesby, and the antique Chinese green jade buffalo in the same room... Paper collection label to the underside. Catalogue note: Qiangjin is a decorative technique in which the incised outlines of the design are etched, and filled in gold, and tianqi (filled in) where the different colours of the lacquer are used for decorative effect against the coloured ground. For details of the history and development of this technique, cf. The Luxury of Chinese Lacquer, Littleton and Hennessy, March 2010 Introduction. The decorative design used is particularly auspicious. Terese Tse Bartholomew in her Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art states that, ‘The phoenix is the emperor of all birds, and like the qilin, it appears only in times of peace and prosperity. It is believed that the phoenix’s appearance in China augurs the emergence of an able ruler or the arrival of a great man, for it appeared when Confucius was born. The phoenix is the motif for the empress of China, ornamenting her crown as well as her clothing….. Phoenix (feng) and peony (fuguihua) = may there be wealth, rank and good fortune (fugui jixiang). The phoenix dallying with the peony is an auspicious design (fengxi mudan, fengchuan mudan). When the king of birds is paired with the king of flowers, together they augur great blessings.’ Cf. Imperial Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Classics of the Forbidden City, pp.152 & 155, nos.172, 175 and 176 for related examples; see also Soame Jenyns, & William Watson, Chinese Art II, p.238, no.176, The Collection of Lord and Lady Fairhaven; and a related pair of open armchairs in the Victoria and Albert Museum. See also, Chinese Furniture, Selected articles from Orientation 1984-2003, p.343. and The Minor Arts of China IV, Spink & Son Ltd, p.15, no.5 for a pair of kang tables decorated in this technique.
GEORGE WALTON OAK FRAMED SETTEE, CIRCA 1900 with tapered and upholstered back and arms, raised on upholstered seat, two loose cushions and with eight square tapering legs terminating in brass caps and castors 176cm wide, 121cm high, 67cm deep Literature: Moon, Karen, `George Walton, Designer and Architect`, pub. Oxford 1993, pages 107 and 111, plates 142 and 146 where similar examples are illustrated
SIR ROBERT LORIMER OAK FRAMED SETTEE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY made by Whytock & Reid, Edinburgh, the upholstered back and arms enclosing loose squab cushion raised on square rounded legs 187cm wide Provenance: Sir James Morton, Teuthur, Carlisle and by family descent Literature: Morton, J., `Three Generations in a Family Textile Firm`, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971, page 312-3
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