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NEEDLEWORK SIDE CHAIRS
england , circa 1725
An exceptional and very rare pair of George I period walnut side chairs. Each with a curvilinear padded back and seat covered in the original floral needlework with a waterlily design of blue, green, yellow, ivory and beige flowers and foliage on a red ground, raised on front C scroll carved cabriole legs and pad feet and curved back legs.
Provenance
The collection of Frank Green, Treasurer's House, 1930
With Mallett, London (1998)
Private Collection, England
With Mallett, London (2009)
Private Collection, Switzerland
With Mallett, London (1998)
Private Collection, England
With Mallett, London (2009)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Stock number
U03.09
dimensions
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Literature
Height: 39³/₄ in (101 cm)
Width: 23⁵/₈ in (60 cm)
Depth: 24³/₄ in (63 cm)
Width: 23⁵/₈ in (60 cm)
Depth: 24³/₄ in (63 cm)
These chairs, originally forming part of a larger suite, were part of the celebrated collections of Frank Green at the Treasurer’s House in York. The property was built on the site of what had originally been the official residence of the Treasurers of York Minster – an office that was abolished in 1574 as a result of the Reformation. Frank Green, a member of a rich industrialist family and an antiquarian, bought the property in 1897 and restored it back to its former glory and filled it with his collection. On his retirement in 1930 he left the house and much of its contents to the National Trust.
The Age of Walnut, 1932, p.35 (exhibition catalogue)
T. Hughes, Old English Furniture, 1950, illustrated pl. 11
L. Synge, Mallett Millennium, Fine Antiques and Works of Art, 1999, p. 52-54, ill. fig. 47
Mallett, Catalogue, 2009, pp. 37 - 39 and 60 - 61
Country Life, June 2009 (Mallett advertisement)
T. Hughes, Old English Furniture, 1950, illustrated pl. 11
L. Synge, Mallett Millennium, Fine Antiques and Works of Art, 1999, p. 52-54, ill. fig. 47
Mallett, Catalogue, 2009, pp. 37 - 39 and 60 - 61
Country Life, June 2009 (Mallett advertisement)
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