Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Property from Ollerton Grange: an Interior by Robert Kime (lots 92-168)
A suite of French walnut seating furniture, in the 17th century style
Lot Closed
April 11, 03:43 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
including twelve chairs and two armchairs, the dolphin and leaf carved ogee arms with leafy uprights on cabriole legs and paw feet with double scroll stretchers, covered with a close-nailed floral leather upholstery
chair overall height 101cm, width 52cm; 3ft. 3 ¾in., 1ft. 8 ⅜in.
armchair overall height 112cm, width 67cm; 3ft. 8 ⅛in. 2ft. 2 ⅜in.
Frederick William Sharon (1862-1915), 323 Fifth Avenue, New York, brother of Florence Sharon, Lady Fermor-Hesketh, recorded in a photograph of his New York house taken by Pach Bros., 935 Broadway, New York, circa 1900;
Thence to his step-daughter Florence Louise Witherspoon Breckenridge who married Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, later 1st Lord Hesketh, in 1909;
Sold at Sotheby's, London, Easton Neston, 17-19th May 2005, lot 1310.