ID 819801
Lot 49 | A SET OF TEN GEORGE II MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT DINING CHAIRS
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 800 000
ATTRIBUTED TO BENJAMIN GOODISON, POSSIBLY AFTER A DESIGN BY WILLIAM KENT, CIRCA 1754-6
Each with an arched gadrooned back terminating in a scroll above a pierced oval back carved with foliage and pendant husks and punctuated by rosettes, the stiles with foliate clasps issuing chains against a stippled ground above an overupholstered seat and Vitruvian scroll carved frieze, the scrolled legs carved with acanthus and bellflowers and scales to the sides joined by a scale-carved X-form stretcher centered with a foliate rosette, on stepped square feet, three side rails and two front rails replaced
Provenance
Supplied to Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford (1704-1790), for Guilford House, London and later at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire.
The Hon. Sir John Ward, Dudley House, London.
The Hon. Peter Beatty (1910-1949), Mereworth Castle, Kent.
Michael Tree (1921-1999), Mereworth Castle, Kent; Christie's, London, 11 November 1971, lot 96.
Hew Kennedy, Acton Round, Shropshire.
With Carlton Hobbs, London.
Acquired from James Hepworth by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1992.
Literature
O. Brackett, Encyclopedia of English Furniture, London, 1927, p. 163 (one chair of the set and one settee, illustrated).
O.Brackett, English Furniture Illustrated, plate CXXIII.
'Furniture History I,' FHS Journal, 1965, p. 129, (one settee of the set, illustrated, pl. x).
H. Hayward, ed., World Furniture, London, 1966, p. 129 (one settee, illustrated, fig. 471).
C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House & Lotherton Hall, 1978, p. 269 (one settee, illustrated, fig. 325).
M. Wilson, William Kent: Architect, Designer, Painter and Gardener, 1984.
R. Edwards, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, London, 1986, p. 88.
Dictionary of British Eighteenth Century Furniture Design, 1990, p. 59.
C. Hobbs, Catalogue Number Three, London, 1992, no. 17.
L. Wood, The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, New Haven, 2006, p. 364 (one chair, illustrated, fig. 240).
A. Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-40, ACC, 2009, p. 194 (one armchair, illustrated, pl. 4:102).
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| Artist: | Benjamin Goodison (1700-1767) |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Giltwood, Wood |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Artist: | Benjamin Goodison (1700-1767) |
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| Medium: | Mahogany, Giltwood, Wood |
| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
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