A GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT BLACK-PAINTED ARMCHAIR
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A GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT BLACK-PAINTED ARMCHAIR

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 750

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A GEORGE III PARCEL-GILT BLACK-PAINTED ARMCHAIR
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular padded back, armrests and seat covered in patterned repp, the frame carved with stiff leaves and beading, the scrolling arms with entrelac, on fluted turned tapering legs, with two paper labels inscribed 'C' to the underside, redecorated
36¼ in. (92 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (52 cm.) deep

James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855-1949), Campsea Ashe High House, Suffolk, by whom given to Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.

Specialist note

Professor Richardson was friends with Lord Ullswater and it was as a result of this friendship that Richardson was asked to design Lord Ullswater's memorial which remains in St John the Baptist Church, Campsea Ashe, Suffolk.