EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIR

MID 18TH CENTURY

Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art | 666

Auction: Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art

£1,250

Description

the serpentine top rail above a wide seat flanked by padded arms with foliate carved scrolled terminals on moulded supports, raised on square straight legs with leather castors and joined by stretchers; covered in distressed yellow silk damask

Dimensions

70cm wide, 106cm high, 55cm deep

Provenance

Provenance: The 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, Taymouth Castle, Perth and Kinross. Thence by family descent

Footnote

Note: While much has been said of the renovations and redecoration of the State and principal rooms of Taymouth Castle in preparation for the Royal visit in 1842, some of the furniture that predated the transformation would have been repurposed and used in various other locations in the house. Once part of a larger suite, most likely dating to the earlier William Adam designed house of the 18th century, this chair is ample in proportion and functionally considered, and embellished with delightful carved hand terminals marked with flowerheads. AfterTaymouth Castle, it descended in the family to Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville and used to furnish Wootton House, Bedfordshire.