Carved and pierced back splat with shaped crest rail supported by cabriole legs terminating in hoofed feet. Legs divided by stretcher.
Of a design by Daniel Marot, 1720.
47″ H
18″ Seat height
23″ D
22″ W
Possibly supplied to John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (1695-1762), Pinkie House, Musselburgh, Scotland.
Possibly acquired with Pinkie House by Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet Hope of Craighall (1735-1794) in 1778.
Thence by descent to Sir John Augustus Hope, 16th Baronet (1869-1924) his wife, the Hon. Mary Bruce, daughter of Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, at Pinkie House
Sotheby's London, 11 May 1928, lot 143
Partridge Fine Art, London May 2000
Literature: Nicholas Grindley, The Bended Back Chair, Exhibition Catalogue, London 1990, no.11 (illustrated)
Carved and pierced back splat with shaped crest rail supported by cabriole legs terminating in hoofed feet. Legs divided by stretcher.
Of a design by Daniel Marot, 1720.
47″ H
18″ Seat height
23″ D
22″ W
Possibly supplied to John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (1695-1762), Pinkie House, Musselburgh, Scotland.
Possibly acquired with Pinkie House by Sir Archibald Hope, 9th Baronet Hope of Craighall (1735-1794) in 1778.
Thence by descent to Sir John Augustus Hope, 16th Baronet (1869-1924) his wife, the Hon. Mary Bruce, daughter of Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, at Pinkie House
Sotheby's London, 11 May 1928, lot 143
Partridge Fine Art, London May 2000
Literature: Nicholas Grindley, The Bended Back Chair, Exhibition Catalogue, London 1990, no.11 (illustrated)
