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Two chairs from the suite in situ in the Banqueting Hall at Powderham Castle, 18 July 1963. Courtesy of Country Life / Future Publishing Ltd
THE POWDERHAM CASTLE ARMCHAIR, English, circa 1755
Height: 42 ½ in; 108 cm
Height of seat: 19 in; 48.5 cm
Width: 31 in; 79 cm
Depth: 28 ¼ in; 72 cm
Height of seat: 19 in; 48.5 cm
Width: 31 in; 79 cm
Depth: 28 ¼ in; 72 cm
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£100,000 +
This chair once belonged to a larger set commissioned for the newly installed Marble Hall at Powderham Castle in 1755. The suite was photographed by Country Life in 1963, but...
This chair once belonged to a larger set commissioned for the newly installed Marble Hall at Powderham Castle in 1755. The suite was photographed by Country Life in 1963, but the image was not published at the time. Today two chairs from the original set remain at Powderham.
Provenance
William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay, Powderham Castle, Devon, England.
Private collection, England.
