A PAIR OF GEORGE I GESSO STOOLS ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES MOORE
A PAIR OF GEORGE I GESSO STOOLS ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES MOORE
Date 1720
Period George I
Origin English
Medium Gesso
Dimension 48 x 69 x 53 cm (18⁷/₈ x 27¹/₈ x 20⁷/₈ inches)
The design of the stools is nearly identical to the Chandos suite of seat furniture, some of which is at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, England, and some at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire, England.
Note: The stools retain virtually all the original gilding.
Date: 1720
Period: George I
Origin: English
Medium: Gesso
Dimension: 48 x 69 x 53 cm (18⁷/₈ x 27¹/₈ x 20⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance:
Private collection, New York, USA.
Literature:
Percy Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, vol. III, ‘The Age of Mahogany’, 1906, p. 35, fig. 31.
Francis Lenygon, The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions in the 17th and 18th Centuries, 1909, p. 19.
Mallett & Son, catalogue, 2007, pp. 5-15.
Ronald Phillips Ltd
18th Century and Early 19th Century English Furniture, Objets d’Art, Glass, Clocks and Barometers
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