A pair of George III Armorial-decorated Mahogany Hall Chairs attributed to Ince and Mayhew, possibly carved by Sefferin Alken, Circa 1775
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June 18, 08:33 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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each with oval back with plain moulded border, carved with radiating fluting and centred by a painted panel with Viscount’s coronet and crest, above a dished solid seat with fluted and roundel-decorated frieze, on square tapering fluted legs with panelled blocks
height 38 ½ in.; width 20 ¾ in.; depth 19 in.
97.8 cm.; 52.7 cm. 48.3 cm.
Almost certainly commissioned by George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (d. 1836) for Peper Harow, Surrey, and by descent to;
Lady Moyra Loyd, née Brodrick, daughter of the 1st Earl of Midleton and by descent;
The Property of a Family Trust; Christie's London, 21 April 1994, lots 304-306;
With Jonathan Harris, London;
A Collection from a New York Townhouse; Christie's New York, 15 April 2005, lot 220 and 221;
An Adventurous Spirit, Christie’s London, 13 December 2018, lot 92.
H. A. Tipping, 'Peper Harow, Surrey', Country Life, 26 December 1925, p. 1005, fig. 5 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
H. A. Tipping, English Homes, Period VI, vol. I, p. 279, fig. 439 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
C. Hussey, English Country Houses, Mid-Georgian 1760-1800, London, 1956, p. 111, fig. 205 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
J. Harris, Sir William Chambers, London, 1970, pl. 88 (illustrated in situ in the Hall).
H. Roberts and C. Cator, Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew, London, 2022, pp.253-4, fig. 300.
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