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THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER - KIMBOLTON CASTLE
england , circa 1710 - 1715
From the collections of the Dukes of Manchester, Kimbolton Castle
An exceptional and highly important pair of Queen Anne upholstered high back giltwood side chairs.
An exceptional and highly important pair of Queen Anne upholstered high back giltwood side chairs.
Provenance
Charles Montagu 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Manchester (1662 - 1722), Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire
By descent to the 10th Duke of Manchester
Knight, Frank & Rutley, 18 - 21 July, 1949, lot 436
With Hotpsur Ltd., London (1999)
Private Collection, UK
By descent to the 10th Duke of Manchester
Knight, Frank & Rutley, 18 - 21 July, 1949, lot 436
With Hotpsur Ltd., London (1999)
Private Collection, UK
Stock number
U04.22
dimensions
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Literature
Height: 52³/₄ in (134 cm)
Width: 22¹/₄ in (56.5 cm)
Depth: 27¹/₂ in (70 cm)
Width: 22¹/₄ in (56.5 cm)
Depth: 27¹/₂ in (70 cm)
These magnificent chairs come from a suite of furniture commissioned by Charles Montagu (1662 - 1722) , 1st Duke of Manchester, for Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshre), his country estate. Two chairs from the suite appear in an illustration of "The Saloon" of Kimbolton Castle in a 1911 issue of Country Life - a photograph in a successive issue shows two chairs on eitehr side of the door to "The Red Drawing Room".
"Country Homes - Gardens Old & New: Kimbolton Castle - II Huntingdonshire, A Seat of the Duke of Manchester', Country Life, vol. XXX, no. 769, 30 September 1911, fig. 478 and 483
Carlton Hobbs, Richly Furnish'd - Baroque Furniture in England 1660-1735, pp. 66 - 69 (illustrated)
R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev'd edition, 1983, vol. I, p. 254 insert, pl. XIII (colour) (two chairs on one stool illustated)
Knight, Frank & Rutley, Kimbolton Castle, 18 - 21 July 1949 (illustrated)
Carlton Hobbs, Richly Furnish'd - Baroque Furniture in England 1660-1735, pp. 66 - 69 (illustrated)
R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev'd edition, 1983, vol. I, p. 254 insert, pl. XIII (colour) (two chairs on one stool illustated)
Knight, Frank & Rutley, Kimbolton Castle, 18 - 21 July 1949 (illustrated)
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