A PAIR OF GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM HALLETT, CIRCA 1730-40

Details

The square padded back and seat upholstered in early 18th century French gros-point and petit-point needlework depicting figures, 'à la Turque', foliage and fauna on a yellow ground, on four cabriole legs headed by shells and gadrooned ears on ring turned claw-and-ball feet inset with castors
41 in. (104.5 cm.) high; 27 1/2 in. (70 cm.) wide; 29 1/2 in. (75 cm.) deep
Provenance

Possibly supplied to Thomas Vernon, Esq., M.P. (1724-71) for Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire, by Thomas Bowater Vernon (1832-1859) or Sir Harry Foley Vernon 1st Baronet (1834-1920).
Acquired by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted, M.C. (d. 1948), Upton House, Warwickshire before 1936,
thence by descent, until sold,
The Property of a Descendant of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, M.C.; Christie's, London, 9 July 1998, lot 92.
Literature

H. Avray Tipping, English Homes Period IV - Vol. I Late Stuart, 1649 - 1714, 1920, Hanbury Hall, pp. 397 - 404, figs. 490 & 492 (shown in situ in the Hall and beneath painted staircase).
A. Oswald, 'Upton House, Warwickshire- I', Country Life, 5 September 1936, p. 251, fig. 8 (shown in situ in the Long Gallery).
G. Jackson-Stops, Upton House, The National Trust, 1980, p. 12 (shown in situ in the Long Gallery).
S. Murray, 'Upton House, Warwickshire', Country Life, 11 June 1992, p. 144, fig. 4 (shown in situ in the Long Gallery).
J. Haworth & G. Jackson-Stops, G., Hanbury Hall, The National Trust, 1994, p. 7 (shown in situ in the Hall and beneath painted staircase).
L. Wood, The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Vol. I, 2008, pp. 327-328.