The Property from the Collection of The Lord and Lady Fairhaven (lots 99, 136 & 153)
A pair of George II carved limed pine alcove stools, circa 1755, possibly by Paul Saunders
Auction Closed
November 19, 05:30 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
each with over upholstered rectangular seat flanked by outscrolled ends, the seat rail centered by a foliate spray and carved with bundled flutes, C-scrolls and acanthus leaves on a diaperwork ground, the side rails centered by a flowerhead on a diaperwork ground above acanthus leaves and flanked by scrolls and acanthus leaves, raised on husk-carved cabriole legs flanked by bundled flutes, headed by C-scroll brackets and ending in paw feet; one reduced in length, originally gilded
one 68cm high, 157.5cm wide, 68.5cm deep;
the other 70cm high, 150cm wide, 68.5cm deep.
Hugh, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Northumberland House and thence by descent until at least 1874 when Northumberland House was demolished;
Acquired by Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973). Probably acquired for Bakeham House near Windsor, which was acquired in 1932, or for the family’s London residence in Park Street;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
For matching examples from the suite
P. Macquoid, English Furniture, Tapestry and Needlework, the Lady Lever Gallery Collections, London, 1928, pl.23, no.74, opposite p.38.
'Furniture at Alnwick', Country Life, 27 April 1929, p. 620, fig. 11.
H. Ceskinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, New York, 1968, p. 254.
Helen, Duchess of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle Furniture, 1930, privately printed, figs. 10 & 11.
G. Nares, 'Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire, part III', Country Life, 31 October 1957, fig. 4, p.925.
Christie's New York, 2 February 1978, The Property of the Estate of the late J. Paul Getty, with the provenance of the Earl of Shrewsbury, Ingestre Hall
H. Montgomery-Massingbred and C. Simon Sykes, Great Houses of England and Wales, London, 1994, p. 19, the Red Drawing Room at Alnwick
L. Wood, The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, New Haven, 2008, vol. II, no. 80, pp. 816-825.
