The chairs in situ at Scampston Hall, Yorkshire, 1953. Courtesy of Country Life/Future Publishing Ltd
THE SCAMPSTON CHIPPENDALE CHAIR, English, circa 1775
Height of seat: 19 in; 48.5 cm
Width: 23 in; 58.5 cm
Depth: 22¾ in; 58 cm
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR ALMOST CERTAINLY BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Interestingly the set of chairs remaining at Scampston retains only side chairs and two armchairs converted from side chairs. One original armchair was discovered by Simon Phillips in the 1980s and was sold to Partridge Fine Arts Ltd. The same armchair was later exhibited at Masterpiece London with Ronald Phillips Ltd. in their exhibition ‘The Legacy of Thomas Chippendale’ and then sold to a private collection in the USA.
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Sir William St. Quintin, 4th Baronet, Scampston Hall, Yorkshire, England;
Clinton Howell Inc., New York, USA;
Ronald Phillips Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, London, England.
Exhibitions
Tercentenary exhibition, ‘Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779: A Celebration of British Craftsmanship’, Leeds, 2018.Literature
Partridge Fine Arts Ltd., ‘Summer Exhibition 1983’, catalogue, pp. 50-51.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘The Legacy of Thomas Chippendale’, catalogue, 2018, pp. 112-14, item 22.
Illustrated:
Adam Bowett and James Lomax, ‘Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779: A Celebration of British Craftsmanship’, tercentenary exhibition catalogue, 2018, p. 111.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘The Legacy of Thomas Chippendale’, catalogue, 2018, p. 187, item A11.
