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CIRCA 1820
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A SET OF THREE REGENCY PARCEL-GILT BLACK-JAPANNED WINDOW SEATS
CIRCA 1820
Each with caned shaped seat on simulated bamboo-turned legs decorated with floral sprigs, one marked in chalk 'all Gosling & Wendy (?)...', together with later silk-covered squab cushions
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; one: 63¾ in. (162 cm.) wide
the other two: 62½ in. (159 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1820
Each with caned shaped seat on simulated bamboo-turned legs decorated with floral sprigs, one marked in chalk 'all Gosling & Wendy (?)...', together with later silk-covered squab cushions
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; one: 63¾ in. (162 cm.) wide
the other two: 62½ in. (159 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Provenance
Commissioned by a descendant of John Morris (1740-1816), the Wealthy Ampthill brewer who built Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire as part of the furnishings for the architect John Wing's grand drawingroom extension of 1919, and by descent through the Morris family at Avenue House until sold Swaffield & Co. Auctioneers, April, 1906.
By repute Sir Philip Sassoon (1888-1939) from whom acquired by Professor Sir Albert Richardson circa 1930 and returned to their original positions at Avenue House.
By repute Sir Philip Sassoon (1888-1939) from whom acquired by Professor Sir Albert Richardson circa 1930 and returned to their original positions at Avenue House.
Literature
'The Regency Interior and Decoration', House and Garden, September 1923, p. 76, illustrated in the Drawing Room.
C. Hussey, 'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, The Residence of Prof. A.E. Richardson, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.', Country Life, 8 December 1934, p. 615, illustrated in The Saloon.
S. Houfe, Sir Albert Richardson, The Professor, Luton, 1980, p. 102.
J. Cornforth, The Inspiration of the Past: Country House Taste in the Twentieth Century, London, 1986, p. 57, fig. 52, illustrated The Saloon.
C. Hussey, 'Avenue House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, The Residence of Prof. A.E. Richardson, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.', Country Life, 8 December 1934, p. 615, illustrated in The Saloon.
S. Houfe, Sir Albert Richardson, The Professor, Luton, 1980, p. 102.
J. Cornforth, The Inspiration of the Past: Country House Taste in the Twentieth Century, London, 1986, p. 57, fig. 52, illustrated The Saloon.
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