40cm wide; 84cm high
**This lot is subject to VAT on the Hammer**
Estimate: | £150 - £250 |
Hammer price: | £1,100 |
Provenance
o Spencer House, St. James’s, London. Please refer to the Bellmans website article for further details
o Edward Cecil Guiness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927). Elveden Hall, Norfolk. Purchased from Christie's for Spencer House in 1990 and used in the State Rooms as banqueting chairs.
o Please see photograph of the chairs in use in the Great Room in the 1990s.
Condition Report: One chair slightly lower. 6 chairs with later supports. 3 chairs with damaged rush seats. 4 chairs with pencil inscription to the inside back seat rail. 2 chairs with crown stencil to the inside back seat rail. These chairs are most probably made of beech