Live Auction 13765A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation
A PAIR OF REGENCY GOTHIC CANED OAK CHAIRS
Lot 77

A PAIR OF REGENCY GOTHIC CANED OAK CHAIRS

CIRCA 1805-10, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES WYATT

Closed15 December 2016

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A PAIR OF REGENCY GOTHIC CANED OAK CHAIRS
CIRCA 1805-10, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES WYATT
Each cushion covered in coral-patterned cotton, with tapering cluster-column legs and brass castors, inventory label 317, restorations
35 ¼ in. (89.5 cm.) high; 21 ¾ in. (55 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

Almost certainly commissioned by James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey (1723-1808) for West Dean House and by descent to his granddaughter
Mrs Caroline Harcourt (née Peachey; d. 1871) until
acquired with West Dean Park in 1871 by Frederick Bower and subsequently sold in 1891 to
William James and by descent at West Dean.