A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID BROWN OAK, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID BROWN OAK, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE BULLOCK, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID BROWN OAK, EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE CHAIRS
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE BULLOCK, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular padded back and squab cushion covered in claret velvet, the back borded in a leaf pattern and surmounted by Tudor rose finials, above a caned seat, the panelled seat-rail with a brass reed, on reeded tapering legs headed by Tudor roses, on tapering feet, one chair with repaired breaks to back legs, lacking one Tudor rose mount (2)

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Lot Essay

This pair of side chairs correspond to the set of eighteen side chairs from the 'Palmella' suite, sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 25 June 1987, lot 173. The latter was sold as part of a suite of matching furniture including a footstool, window seat, five wall brackets, three pelmets, a pair of torcheres, a pair of pier glasses, a display-stand, a commode and a sofa and eighteen chairs. This suite was supplied to Don Pedro de Souza e Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmella (1781-1850), Portuguese Ambassador to the Court of St. James's 1812-1815 and on three subsequent occasions. It may be that the suite was commissioned from the Tenterden Street cabinet-maker George Bullock (d. 1818) either by Don Pedro whilst in England or as a diplomatic gift from the Nation.

A matching sofa from this suite was sold anonymously, Christie's London, 7 November 2003, lot 190 (£35,850).

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