Description
A Rare Pair of Irish 18th century walnut chairs, the crest rail centered by a scallop shell and scrolls above a baluster splat and shaped stiles, the shaped seat rails with drop-in seats covered in associated brightly coloured 18th century French 'bizarre' needlework, standing on cabriole legs headed by carved scallop shells and flowers terminating in trifid feet with wavered stretchers.
Chairs:
Irish, Circa 1725
Needlework:
French 18th century.
Height: 41 in; (104.2 cm)
Width: 21 in; (53.3 cm)
Depth: 16 in; (40.6 cm)
Literature:
The Knight of Glin and James Peil,Irish Furniture:Woodwork and carving in Ireland from the Earliest times to the Act of Union, New Haven and London, P.73 fig.87 for a similar chair and P.73 (fig.86) for an image of a painting by James Latham of Bishop Robert Clayton and his wife,Katherine, Circa 1740 showing two walnut chairs with vase-shaped splats and serpentine backs. (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
James Latham's double portrait of Bishop Clayton and his wife (fig.86) shows the couple seated on vase-shaped splat-back chairs which must date from the 1720s or 1730s and are similar to a set of three which were probably made for the fifth Earl Of Antrim when he was living at Ballymagarry (fig.87).
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A RARE PAIR OF GEORGE I IRISH WALNUT CHAIRS
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