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AN ENGLISH WALNUT HALL BENCH
Lot 74

AN ENGLISH WALNUT HALL BENCH

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BASED ON A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

Closed23 May 2013

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GBP 18,750

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AN ENGLISH WALNUT HALL BENCH
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BASED ON A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
The pierced entrelac and C-scroll carved rectangular back surmounted by a foliate top rail and flanked by paterae-headed fluted pilasters terminating in scrolled arms, above a solid seat on square tapering legs with spade feet
45½ in. (116 cm.) high; 81 in. (206 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

By tradition from a house on the Dukes of Devonshire's Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire

Specialist note

The hall bench relates to a garden seat made in pine and painted green supplied to Edwin Lascelles for Harewood House, Yorkshire. The design derives from drawings held at Harewood and attributed to Thomas Chippendale for the seat, which was executed by a local joiner John Walker and professional carver Christopher Theakstone (C, Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. I, p. 200, and vol. II, p. 204, figs 172 - 175.