A SET OF FOUR REGENCY GOTHIC OAK HALL CHAIRS, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE DESIGN BY GEORGE SMITH

A SET OF FOUR REGENCY GOTHIC OAK HALL CHAIRS
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE DESIGN BY GEORGE SMITH
Each with ball finials and pierced quatrefoil splat centred by an armorial shield, on square legs and block feet, inventory label 1452, three chairs partially re-railed
35 in. (89 cm.) high; 18 ¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide; 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) deep
The lion crest is that of the Peachey family, Barons Selsey, probably for James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey (1723-1808) or his son John Peachey, 2nd Baron Selsey (1749-1816).

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to either James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey (1723-1808) or his son John Peachey, 2nd Baron Selsey (1749-1816), for West Dean House and by descent at West Dean.
Almost certainly from the set of 12 Carved Oak Chairs with family crest emblazoned on back recorded in the Entrance Hall and Corridor at West Dean in an undated document of circa 1871 (West Dean archives).
Sold or removed from West Dean after 1871.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1993, lot 240 (a set of twelve).
Marshcourt, Hampshire; offered anonymously at Sotheby's, Sussex, 14-16 September 1999, lot 1089 (a set of twelve; unsold).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 January 2001, lot 365 (a set of twelve; purchased back for West Dean by the Edward James Foundation; eight remain at West Dean).