Live Auction 7586West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection
A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN OAK CHAIRS
Lot 227

A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN OAK CHAIRS

CIRCA 1860, IN THE MANNER OF A.W.N. PUGIN AND E.W. PUGIN

Closed22 May 2008

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GBP 13,700

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A SET OF TWELVE VICTORIAN OAK CHAIRS
CIRCA 1860, IN THE MANNER OF A.W.N. PUGIN AND E.W. PUGIN
With check-cotton tie-on seat covers and red leatherette seats (12)

St Joseph's College, Upholland, Lancashire, which closed in 1987.

Specialist note

Lorenzo Booth's Original Design Book for Decorative Furniture, 1864 discussed related 'Gothic' chair patterns, with antiquarian 'folding stool' frames, as being 'perfectly' or 'medievally' English. These frames evolved from A.W.N. Pugin's, 1840s New Palace of Westminster pattern for Prince Albert's Chamber; while their combination with tablet-railed backs relates to designs by E.W. Pugin (d. 1875) popularised by C. & R. Light's, Cabinet Furniture, 1881.