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WENTWORTH CASTLE
england , circa 1770
From the collections of the Earls of Strafford, Wentworth Castle
An exceptionally fine George III mahogany X-frame stool, the slightly concave seat of wonderfully thin profile, the frame carved with superbly detailed paterae and central foliate decoration.
With outstanding colour and patination.
A very closely related stool in the collections of the Dukes of Northumberland, Syon House. Illustrated in The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. III, p. 182, fig. 69 and Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam, 1963, p. 13.
An exceptionally fine George III mahogany X-frame stool, the slightly concave seat of wonderfully thin profile, the frame carved with superbly detailed paterae and central foliate decoration.
With outstanding colour and patination.
A very closely related stool in the collections of the Dukes of Northumberland, Syon House. Illustrated in The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. III, p. 182, fig. 69 and Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam, 1963, p. 13.
Provenance
The collections of the Earls of Strafford, Wentworth Castle, Yorkshire
Stock number
R11.199
dimensions
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Literature
Height: 16⁷/₈ in (43 cm)
Width: 20⁷/₈ in (53 cm)
Depth: 16⁷/₈ in (43 cm)
Width: 20⁷/₈ in (53 cm)
Depth: 16⁷/₈ in (43 cm)
A very closely related stool is illustrated in Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam, 1963, p. 13
'The collection of Wentworth Castle', Country Life, 18 April 1903, p. 506, fig. ' The Great Hall'
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