A SET OF FOUR REGENCY BAMBOO AND SIMULATED BAMBOO SIDE CHAIRS

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29.11.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 175 | A SET OF FOUR REGENCY BAMBOO AND SIMULATED BAMBOO SIDE CHAIRS
A SET OF FOUR REGENCY BAMBOO AND SIMULATED BAMBOO SIDE CHAIRS

CIRCA 1814, ATTRIBUTED TO TATHAM, BAILEY & SAUNDERS

The frames painted to simulate bamboo, the back panels inset with bamboo and split bamboo panels, the central splat with central stylised Chinese shou character above a caned seat on turned legs joined by beaded stretchers and pierced corner brackets, each with spot numbering, chalk marking 'Ld S', minor losses

33 in. (84 cm.) high x 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) wide x 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Commissioned by Mary, Marchioness of Downshire and 1st Baroness Sandys of Ombersley (1764-1836) and by descent.



Literature

A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - III', Country Life, 16 January 1953, p. 153, pl. 3.

Ombersley Court Inventory, June 1963, annotated Ombersley MS, in 'The Chinese Chippendale Room'.
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