Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
TWO GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
Lot 448

TWO GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 May 2014

Price Realised

GBP 500

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TWO GILTWOOD FAUTEUILS
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The smaller example covered in glazed yellow-ground floral chintz, the larger French example covered in coffee and white chintz, both re-gilt
The smaller: 36 in. (91.5 cm.) high
The larger: 38 in. (96 cm.) high

The smaller fauteuil probably commissioned by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) as part of drawing room suite, listed as including eighteen such chairs, for Wynyard Park, County Durham.

Specialist note

The small fauteuil was probably commissioned from Bertram & Son, Dean Street, Soho, as indicated by Royal Aero Club, Londonderry House inventory, 1949, p. 31, where the set of identical design from Londonderry House is described.