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Lot Essay
These impressive chairs with their robust design of grandly scaled rocaille-carved legs with hairy paw feet recall the benches supplied by Benjamin Goodison circa 1740 to the 1st Earl of Radnor for Longford Castle, although these chairs feature less overtly Palladian ornament than the Longford benches.
According to the Partridge invoice, one of these chairs had a label inscribed 'Old Buckingham Palace'. This presumably refers to Buckingham House, the residence of Sir Charles Sheffield (c. 1706-1774), illegitimate son of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. George III bought it from him in 1761 as a residence for Queen Charlotte when it was known as the Queen's House, but named since the late 18th century Buckingham Palace. While there is no evidence that these chairs were ever in the Royal Collection, it is possible that they descended in the Sheffield family at one of their residences such as Sutton Park in North Yorkshire or Normanby Hall in Lincolnshire.
According to the Partridge invoice, one of these chairs had a label inscribed 'Old Buckingham Palace'. This presumably refers to Buckingham House, the residence of Sir Charles Sheffield (c. 1706-1774), illegitimate son of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. George III bought it from him in 1761 as a residence for Queen Charlotte when it was known as the Queen's House, but named since the late 18th century Buckingham Palace. While there is no evidence that these chairs were ever in the Royal Collection, it is possible that they descended in the Sheffield family at one of their residences such as Sutton Park in North Yorkshire or Normanby Hall in Lincolnshire.