A PAIR OF GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK-UPHOLSTERED MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS

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Los 59 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK-UPHOLSTERED MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II NEEDLEWORK-UPHOLSTERED MAHOGANY LIBRARY ARMCHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM HALLETT, CIRCA 1740-50
Each worked in gros and petit point depicting St. George or St. Michael slaying the dragon, the seats with beasts in a landscape, the arms carved with pendant husk chains, the front cabriole legs as hairy lion legs and paw feet, the back legs plain with pad feet
38 in. (95.52 cm.) high, 31 in. (78.4 cm.) wide, 28 in. (71.1 cm.) deep




Provenance

Part of a larger suite possibly supplied to Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (d. 1778) for his London mansion at 4 Whitehall Yard,
Thence by descent to his daughter, Lady Conyers who married Francis Godolphin Osborne, Marquess of Camarthen and 5th Duke of Leeds (1715-1799) at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire;
Or, alternatively, supplied to the 5th Duke's father, Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (1715-1789) for Kiveton House, Yorkshire and brought to Hornby between 1773 and 1811 when Kiveton was demolished,
By descent at Hornby Castle, Yorkshire.
[Possibly] two of the six chairs, together with six side chairs and a settee, sold from Hornby Castle, Christie's, 20 June 1920, lot 88 (to M. Harris).
Acquired by Lord Leverhulme from Moss Harris on 17 June 1920,
In his collection until sold, The Art Collections of the Late Viscount Leverhulme, Anderson Galleries, New York, 9-13 February 1926, Part V, lots 315-317 (to Frank Partridge, incorrectly illustrated as duplicate lots 369-371).
The pair: With Arthur S. Vernay, New York.
Acquired from the above by Mrs. Edward F. Hutton,
In her collection until sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 20 March 1965, lots 165 and 166.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above sale.



Literature

P. Macquoid, `XVIII Century Furniture at Hornby Castle', Country Life, 27 September 1913, p. 14, fig. 6 (shown covered in silk damask which was laid over the needlework coverings).
P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, eds., The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1927, vol. I, p. 234, fig. 82.
R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. edn., 1954, vol. I, p. 267, fig. 128.
L. Wood, The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool, 2008, vol. I, p. 377, figs. 257-258 and vol. II, p. 1043, fig. 658.
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