A SET OF SIX GEORGE III GOTHIC MAHOGANY CHAIRS, CIRCA 1800-10, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES WYATT, POSSIBLY MADE BY GILLOWS

A SET OF SIX GEORGE III GOTHIC MAHOGANY CHAIRS
CIRCA 1800-10, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES WYATT, POSSIBLY MADE BY GILLOWS
Each with pierced tracery-carved lancet-shaped back, with close-nailed horsehair seat, inventory label 166
39 ½ in. (100 cm.) high

Provenance

Possibly commissioned by James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey (1723-1808) for West Dean House and by descent to his granddaughter
Mrs Caroline Harcourt (née Peachey; d. 1871) until
acquired with West Dean Park in 1871 by Frederick Bower, and subsequently sold in 1891 to
William James and by descent at West Dean.