44 Fitzwilliam Square: Works from the Estate of the Late Patrick Kelly
44 Fitzwilliam Square: Works from the Estate of the Late Patrick Kelly
A SET OF FIVE WILLIAM IV WHITE PAINTED PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1830, PROBABLY DESIGNED BY PHILIP HARDWICK AND POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY W & C WILKINSON, LONDON
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November 10, 04:34 PM GMT
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A SET OF FIVE WILLIAM IV WHITE PAINTED PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1830, PROBABLY DESIGNED BY PHILIP HARDWICK AND POSSIBLY SUPPLIED BY W & C WILKINSON, LONDON
with padded scroll carved backs and serpentine seats, on turned legs, covered in silk damask, each rear seat rail stamped 'IB'
The form of these chairs, in particular the asymmetrical C-scrolled cresting suggests an attribution to the designer Philip Hardwick (1792-1870) who supplied a very similarly conceived set of chairs for The Court Drawing Room, Goldsmith's Hall, London in 1834-35. These were supplied by the Ludgate Hill based firm W & C Wilkinson. One of the chairs is on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.