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A George III japanned window seat, circa 1790, in the manner of Gillows
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A George III japanned window seat, circa 1790, in the manner of Gillows The angled shaped ends with pierced and swag-hung splats centred by tablets, the long stuffed seat on eight square tapering collared legs, decorated throughout in polychrome with flower-head borders Recently re-upholstered in silk Provenance: Probably Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Bt., Rufford New Hall; The Easton Neston Sale, Sothebys, May 17, 2005, lot 179 Literature: EN 1923, p.20, item 3, £400, a 'Sheraton bench, settee and four chairs' as part of the 'Contents of all other remaining rooms and bedrooms'; AP 1927, p.31, item 3, £200, 'Furniture in Various Reception Rooms'; James Lees-Milne, 'Easton Neston, Northamptonshire', English Country Houses Baroque 1685-1715 , 1970, p.146, fig. 233, situated in the Gallery; John Kenworthy-Browne, 'Easton Neston, Northamptonshire: I' The Connoisseur,September-December 1964, p.79, fig.16, The Great Gallery This window seat and matching pair of armchairs (lot 178) may well have originated at Rufford Hall which was built by Sir Thomas Hesketh, 1st Bt. (1728-1778) and enlarged by his brother Sir Robert Hesketh, 2nd Bt. (1729-1796) and his grandson Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Bt. (1779-1844). The latter employed a local architect John Foster working in conjunction with James Wyatt to further enlarge the property in 1798. It is highly likely that he would have employed the Lancaster firm of Gillows to supply furniture. It is no surprise therefore that the design of the sides of this seat with their swagged splats closely relate to a drawing for a dining chair, circa 1790 by Gillow illustrated in Lindsay Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, 1995, pl.282. Dimensions: 28 in. (H) x 85 in. (L)
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A George III japanned window seat, circa 1790, in the manner of Gillows The angled shaped ends with pierced and swag-hung splats centred by tablets, the long stuffed seat on eight square tapering collared legs, decorated throughout in polychrome with flower-head borders Recently re-upholstered in silk Provenance: Probably Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Bt., Rufford New Hall; The Easton Neston Sale, Sothebys, May 17, 2005, lot 179 Literature: EN 1923, p.20, item 3, £400, a 'Sheraton bench, settee and four chairs' as part of the 'Contents of all other remaining rooms and bedrooms'; AP 1927, p.31, item 3, £200, 'Furniture in Various Reception Rooms'; James Lees-Milne, 'Easton Neston, Northamptonshire', English Country Houses Baroque 1685-1715 , 1970, p.146, fig. 233, situated in the Gallery; John Kenworthy-Browne, 'Easton Neston, Northamptonshire: I' The Connoisseur,September-December 1964, p.79, fig.16, The Great Gallery This window seat and matching pair of armchairs (lot 178) may well have originated at Rufford Hall which was built by Sir Thomas Hesketh, 1st Bt. (1728-1778) and enlarged by his brother Sir Robert Hesketh, 2nd Bt. (1729-1796) and his grandson Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Bt. (1779-1844). The latter employed a local architect John Foster working in conjunction with James Wyatt to further enlarge the property in 1798. It is highly likely that he would have employed the Lancaster firm of Gillows to supply furniture. It is no surprise therefore that the design of the sides of this seat with their swagged splats closely relate to a drawing for a dining chair, circa 1790 by Gillow illustrated in Lindsay Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, 1995, pl.282. Dimensions: 28 in. (H) x 85 in. (L)
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