Lot 1199

A SET OF TEN GILT FRAMED LATTICE BACK BALLROOM CHAIRS (10)

40cm wide; 84cm high
**This lot is subject to VAT on the Hammer**

Estimate: £150 - £250
Hammer price: £1,100
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

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 

 

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