[Gothic chairs] [realia].

Description

Title: [Gothic chairs] [realia].
Creator: Hallett, William, 1707-1781
Contributor: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, designer.
Bentley, R. 1708-1782, designer.
Published / Created: [appoximately 1755]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Four gothic style chairs, painted black to imitate ebony, designed by Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole. Formerly in the Refectory [Great Parlour] at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title devised by curator.
Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Two Most Beautifully Carved Chairs, ebonized, the backs of the true Gothic order, very elaborately and delicately carved, black frames and seats of embossed work. Lot 50: Two equally beautiful chairs. Lot 51: Ditto. Lot 52: Ditto. These chairs were the joint designs of Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole, and are perfectly unique.
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Provenance: Acquired by Horace Walpole in 1755; 1842, Strawberry Hill Sale, day 19, lot 49 bt Piggott, Richmond, £5.15.6; or lot 52, bt Piggott, Richmond, £4.14.6; 1953, April, Major T.B.C. Piggott, Maidenhead, Berks, bt W.S. Lewis, £100; The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Extent: 4 items : 132 x 60.8 x 53 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: sh-000158 Two on view in the Reading Room; two in Storage (UFS)

Genre: Furniture
Chairs
Material: mixed materials ; and beech black paint.
Resource Type: three-dimensional form
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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