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Adam Period Armchair from the Suite made for the Duke of Newcastle

Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
An Adam Period Armchair from the Suite made for the Duke of Newcastle at Clumber Park c.1775 , of Hepplewhite design with an oval back centred on an anthemion, curved fluted arms, all raised on fine fluted and turned legs, reupholstered in green leather on the back, seat and arms, a disc attached under the rail is numbered ‘456’.

Provenance

Part of a suite made for the Duke of Newcastle at Clumber Park. It retains the original Clumber Park ivorine inventory label with the number 456 on it. This is crucially important as another pair from the same suite, with the ivorine label and number 455 on them were sold in New York by Doyle’s on the 11th of June 2020.

Seven chairs from the suite were sold at Christie’s on the 9th of June 1937 and were bought by the dealer Henry Morton Lee (father of Ronald Lee)

Despite the great importance of the Clumber commission, sadly there is no known surviving documentation which might reveal the authorship of the present chair or any of the other great pieces from the house. An attribution on stylistic grounds to John Linnell seems entirely reasonable, however, given the elegance of proportions and the finely carved anthemion cresting.

Interestingly the great dealer Chris Jussel of Vernay and Jussel in New York advertised a pair of armchairs from the same suite in the December 1978 issue of Connoisseur magazine and described the chairs as an ‘important pair of Adam oval back mahogany open armchairs’.

More Information

Origin:	England
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Leather
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	Circa 1775
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Hepplewhite
Incollect Reference #:	726619

Dimensions

W.	25.5 in;	H.	37.75 in;	D.	19 in;
W.	64.77 cm;	H.	95.89 cm;	D.	48.26 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art