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Lot 35 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOTS 35 - 40)
These 'klismos' chairs, their form inspired by similar designs in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807), and originally a set of five, were almost certainly acquired by Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (d. 1820) who, strongly influenced by Regency fashion, refurbished the Entrance Hall at Harewood House, Yorkshire in the 'Egyptian style'. The furniture comprised the present chairs, 'upholstered with curving scimitar legs back and front, inlaid probably with brass', a table with lion monopodium pedestal and scagliola top, a pair of brass-inlaid writing-tables with paw feet and a pair of stools ornamented with lions' heads (M. Mauchline, Harewood House, 1974, p. 121). Three of the chairs from the set were photographed by Country Life in the Entrance Hall in 1914 (A.T. Bolton, 'Harewood House, Yorkshire, the seat of the Earl of Harewood', 4 July 1914, p. 19).
These 'klismos' chairs, their form inspired by similar designs in Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807), and originally a set of five, were almost certainly acquired by Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood (d. 1820) who, strongly influenced by Regency fashion, refurbished the Entrance Hall at Harewood House, Yorkshire in the 'Egyptian style'. The furniture comprised the present chairs, 'upholstered with curving scimitar legs back and front, inlaid probably with brass', a table with lion monopodium pedestal and scagliola top, a pair of brass-inlaid writing-tables with paw feet and a pair of stools ornamented with lions' heads (M. Mauchline, Harewood House, 1974, p. 121). Three of the chairs from the set were photographed by Country Life in the Entrance Hall in 1914 (A.T. Bolton, 'Harewood House, Yorkshire, the seat of the Earl of Harewood', 4 July 1914, p. 19).
A PAIR OF REGENCY GRAINED AND CREAM-PAINTED KLISMOS CHAIRS
CIRCA 1820
Closed23 May 2013
Price Realised
GBP 25,000