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Town & Country: Baroness Rawlings, Eaton Square and Adlington Hall, Cheshire

Dreweatts

Donnington Priory

Newbury, Berkshire

RG14 2JE

United Kingdom

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THE WARWICK CEDAR TABLE A FINE ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL CEDAR CENTRE TABLE

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THE WARWICK CEDAR TABLE A FINE ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL CEDAR CENTRE TABLE IN THE MANNER OF ANTHONY SALVIN, MID-19TH CENTURY The rectangular top with cut-corners and a boldly beaded border above a frieze carved with lion masks, dolphins and inhabited vine scrolls, fitted with eight drawers, the corners with green man masks, on a square pierced strapwork pedestal and a cruciform base with scrolled and pierced buttresses, the feet modelled as gryphons on gilt iron castors marked PATENT beneath a crown 79cm high, 183cm wide, 148cm deep Provenance: By repute a gift from the Earls of Warwick to the Legh family for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, and thence by descent. Literature: G. Nares, 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire - III: The home of Mrs. Legh', Country Life, 12 December 1952, p. 1961, fig. 3, 'The Mid-Georgian Drawing-room, which lies in the West Front'. Adlington Guide Book: 'In the passage way between the Dining Room and the Great Hall', 'The fine cedar Jacobean revival library table was made from cedar grown at Warwick Castle'. 'The Oak Stairs', Cedar Jacobean revival table known as the 'Warwick Cedar Table'. The shaped square top has an extraordinary beaded border above a strapwork and foliate carved frieze with mask corners. The table is fitted with a drawer on either side on a boss moulded and pierced square pedestal, while the elongated 'X' form supports bold carved with birds, masks and claw feet'. This mid-19th century cedar table is said to be a gift from the Earl of Warwick. It could conceivably have been intended for Warwick Castle, in the Cedar Drawing Room or Great Hall, which were both furnished in the late 19th century in an eclectic Victorian manner with both English and European furniture from the 17 th to 19 th centuries. The table is in the French Renaissance style, and relates to 16 th century models like the so-called 'Sea-Dog Table', walnut, c. 1570, at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, which derives from designs by the French architect/draughtsman, Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (1510-84) (NT 1127744). The elaborately-carved and fantastical 'Sea-Dog Table' is considered one of the best surviving examples of Elizabethan furniture. Similarly to the table offered here with its satyr masks and griffin supports, the 'Sea-Dog Table' features four carved 'sea dog' supports - fantasy creatures with a dog's head, scaly breasts, wings and dolphin tails. 19 th century furniture in a historicist style was often to the designs of architects such as Anthony Salvin (1799-1881). Salvin was an expert on medieval buildings and gained a reputation for his Tudor-style refurbishment of mansions like Mamhead House, Devon, and Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire. He also designed furniture, for example, a suite of bedroom furniture made for Mamhead House including a carved and pierced oak writing table with Tudor ornamentation (V&A W.5:1 to 5-1973), possibly made by G.J. Morant, and, for Scotney Castle, Kent, an oak library table, c. 1844, and an oak half tester bed, the 'Salvin bed' (NT 790860; NT 790972). Related examples to the table offered here include an octagonal oak table with winged griffin supports in the Small Dining Room, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, by Jean Francoise Malfait, the Belgium born cabinet maker and carver known to have supplied furniture to the Bedingfeld family in circa 1850-55. This is part of a collection of oak furniture at Oxburgh Hall by or attributed to Malfait. A further related carved oak library table with dolphin-head feet is at Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire (NT 421346).

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK HALL ARMCHAIRSA PAIR OF VICTORIAN OAK HALL ARMCHAIRS

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire

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A SET OF EIGHTEEN VICTORIAN OAK DINING CHAIRS, CIRCA 1870

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK SIDEBOARDA VICTORIAN OAK `JACOBEAN' SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1860

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK SIDEBOARD A VICTORIAN OAK `JACOBEAN' SIDEBOARD CIRCA 1860 The shaped gallery centred by an armorial device and motto 'DA.GLORIAM.DEO', flanked by shaped shelves with strapwork and fleur-de-lys backs and supported by seated lions, the pot-board with a boldly carved cabochon and foliate border, the pedestals with panelled doors centred by satyr masks and with semi-robed bearded herms to the angles, on plinth bases. 176cm high, 306cm wide, 108cm deep Provenance: Probably acquired by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88) for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, possibly as part of a refurbishment of the mansion, and thence by descent. Literature: Adlington Guide Book: 'The large Jacobean sideboard was made from oak grown in Adlington Park. 'Oak Jacobean sideboard with superstructure centred by an armorial device 'da gloriam deo' and flanked by outset platforms supported on rampant lions holding shields. Features include boldly carved cabochon borders above pedestal cupboards with outset corbel figures and a conforming wine cooler' The present lot was probably acquired for Adlington Hall by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88), Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire. He inherited Adlington in 1829 as a descendant of a cadet branch of the Legh family, and through the female line; the direct male line having ended in 1781 with the death of Charles Legh of Adlington (1697-1781). In 1846, Mr. Legh married Mary Jane Arabella Wright, a daughter of the Rev. Henry Wright of Mottram Hall, Cheshire, hence the central armorial including the Wright Family. According to his obituary in 1888, immediately before his marriage in 1846, a member of the family, Colonel Charles Crosse Legh, had sold by auction the valuable library of books, many family portraits and 'other objects forming the chief contents' from Adlington ( The Advertiser, 2 March 1888, p. 5). This may explain why there is a proliferation of mid-late 19th-century antiquarian furniture at Adlington. Charles Richard Banastre Legh does not appear to have maintained a London house, preferring to remain at Adlington as a traditional Cheshire squire where he was highly esteemed as a landlord by his tenants. The design for the sideboard was possibly inspired by the Kenilworth sideboard exhibited by Cooke & Sons of Warwick at the 1851 Great Exhibition. The sideboard, now at Warwick Castle, was made from a fallen Kenilworth oak tree. The extravagant carvings depict scenes from the novel, Kenilworth, by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1821. The upper section is decorated with the coronet, arms and emblems of the Earls of Warwick (R.W. Symonds, Victorian Furniture, reprinted London, 1987, pl. 26). This historicist style remained fashionable; another comparable sideboard was exhibited by Levien of London at the 1862 International Exhibition, London (illustrated in The Art Journal illustrated catalogue of the International Exhibition , 1862, p. 36); this sideboard while still adhering to the horizontal lines of the Kenilworth sideboard incorporated a rich addition of Renaissance motifs, which helped to make the older framework more stylish (K. Ames, 'The Battle of the Sideboards', Winterthur Portfolio, vol. 9 (1974), pp. 8, fig. 8; p. 10, fig. 11). Earlier, in 1838, Richard Bridgens included a sideboard and wine cellaret 'in the Elizabethan style' from Aston Hall, Warwickshire, illustrated in Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration, plates 28, 30.

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK WINE-COOLERA VICTORIAN OAK RECTANGULAR WINE-COOLER, MID-19TH CENTURY

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK WINE-COOLER A VICTORIAN OAK RECTANGULAR WINE-COOLER MID-19TH CENTURY With a moulded rim, the front panel carved with strapwork and centred by a Bacchus mask, the angles with foliate volutes on a plinth and inset castors 53cm high, 94cm wide, 76cm deep Provenance: Probably acquired by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88) for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, possibly as part of a refurbishment of the mansion, and thence by descent. Literature : Adlington Guide Book: 'The Oak Stairs' 'Oak Jacobean sideboard... and a conforming wine cooler' Possibly after the design for a 'Wine Cellaret' in R. Bridgens, Furniture with Candelabra and Interior Decoration (1838), plate 30. The present lot was probably acquired for Adlington Hall by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88), Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire. He inherited Adlington in 1829 as a descendant of a cadet branch of the Legh family, and through the female line; the direct male line having ended in 1781 with the death of Charles Legh of Adlington (1697-1781. In 1846, Mr. Legh married Mary Jane Arabella Wright, a daughter of the Rev. Henry Wright of Mottram Hall, Cheshire. According to his obituary in 1888, immediately before his marriage in 1846, a member of the family, Colonel Charles Crosse Legh, had sold by auction the valuable library of books, many family portraits and 'other objects forming the chief contents' from Adlington ( The Advertiser, 2 March 1888, p. 5). This may explain why there is a proliferation of mid-late 19th-century antiquarian furniture at Adlington. Charles Richard Banastre Legh does not appear to have maintained a London house, preferring to remain at Adlington as a traditional Cheshire squire where he was highly esteemed as a landlord by his tenants. Although, at present, it is not possible to identify the cabinet-maker responsible for this suite of furniture, a number of firms were producing Elizabethan-Revival furniture in this period including Gillows of Lancaster & London, who was making furniture in a broad range of historicist styles. In 1841, Gillows created an Elizabethan-Revival bookcase for Conishead Priory in Cumbria that differed from earlier revival furniture in that rather than being assembled from old pieces of carving, it was a pastiche (C. Morley, 'The Revival of "Old English" style in Nineteenth Century Furniture', The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850-the Present , no. 16, 1992, p. 21, figs 3 and 4). At the Exposition Universelle of 1878 in Paris, the firm created interiors for the Prince of Wales Pavilion including a grand Elizabethan-style dining room ( <https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/gillow-company-1862-1897> . Accessed 21 November 2024).

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire

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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN OAK OVERSCALE ARMCHAIRS, MID-19TH CENTURY

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire

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THE ADLINGTON HALL OAK SIDE TABLES A PAIR OF VICTORIAN OAK SIDE TABLES CIRCA 1860 Each with a rectangular moulded top above a panelled frieze centred by the Legh crest of a unicorn on turned and cabochon-carved legs 87cm high, 178cm wide, 75cm deep Provenance: Probably acquired by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88) for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, possibly as part of a refurbishment of the mansion, and thence by descent. Literature: 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire: The Seat of Mr. A.M.R. Legh', Country Life, 29 July 1905, p. 128, 'Window in the Old Hall' (one table); p. 129, 'The Old Hall' (one table). G. Nares, 'Adlington Hall, Cheshire - III: The home of Mrs. Legh', Country Life, 12 December 1952, p. 1961, fig. 4, 'The Dining-Room, beneath the Drawing-Room' (one table) Adlington Guide Book: 'Dining Room', 'The two tables each carved with the Legh crest date from 1870'. The present lot was probably acquired for Adlington Hall by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88), Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire. He inherited Adlington in 1829 as a descendant of a cadet branch of the Legh family, and through the female line; the direct male line having ended in 1781 with the death of Charles Legh of Adlington (1697-1781), who died without issue. In 1846, Mr. Legh married Mary Jane Arabella Wright, a daughter of the Rev. Henry Wright of Mottram Hall, Cheshire. According to his obituary in 1888, immediately before his marriage in 1846, a member of the family, Colonel Charles Crosse Legh, had sold by auction the valuable library of books, many family portraits and 'other objects forming the chief contents' from Adlington ( The Advertiser, 2 March 1888, p. 5). This may explain why there is a proliferation of mid-late 19th-century antiquarian furniture at Adlington. Charles Richard Banastre Legh does not appear to have maintained a London house, preferring to remain at Adlington as a traditional Cheshire squire where he was highly esteemed as a landlord by his tenants.

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire

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AN ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL OAK HALF-TESTER BED, CIRCA 1860

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AN ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL OAK HALF-TESTER BED CIRCA 1860 The tester with an urn finial and boldly carved strapwork apron, pendants and brackets above a panel of modern Flemish tapestry and a four panel headboard with foliate and strapwork cresting and centred by a winged mask, the footboard with barley-twist columns and centred by a mask of Queen Elizabeth I above a cartouche, the square panelled posts with ball finials 270cm high, 158cm wide, 210cm long Provenance: Probably acquired by Charles Richard Banastre Legh (1821-88) for Adlington Hall, Cheshire, possibly as part of a refurbishment of the mansion, and thence by descent. Literature: Adlington Guide Book: 'No 10 Bedroom' 'Jacobean Oak Half Tester Bed, c. 1860. The four panel headboard is contained by a canopy with boldly carved strapwork details, while the footboard has twist turned columns and is centred by a mask of Queen Elizabeth above a vacant cartouche'. This impressive Elizabethan-Revival bed is a fine example of antiquarian taste fashionable in the 19 th century. The bed offered here is enriched with heavy historicist carving liberally applied to the cornice, head-board and bottom of a half tester of a 19 th century double bed. 19 th century decorative art dealers supplied original antique furniture and pastiche furniture to meet an increasing demand by collectors interested in the relics of the past, and who wanted to emphasize the antiquity of their family lineage. One of the most prolific dealer/cabinet-makers was George Shaw (1810-76), a Yorkshire architect, who had an early interest in ancient beds (P. Lindfield, 'George Shaw Revisited: Ancient Oak and Beds', FHS Newsletter 225, February 2022, pp. 2-12). In the early 1840s, Shaw began to create 'modern' pastiches of antique furniture offering what he variously described as 'Henry VIII', Elizabeth I or 'James I', including a tester bed to which he added a footboard and royal arms that he sold to James Deardon (1798-1862) of Rochdale Manor, and, in 1847, the well-documented carved 'Paradise' bed, made for the Duke of Northumberland (sold 'Syon Park, Sotheby's, 14-16 May 1997, lot 197, and again, Christie's, London, 25 November 2004, lot 142). As early as 1811, it was noted that 'young fellows of the better classes, in Paris' were 'ornamenting their bed-chambers and particularly their bed's head, with arms and armour of all kinds' (C. Edwards, The Romantic Interior: the British Collector at home 1750-1850, London and New Haven, 1989, p. 63). This historicist style was probably inspired by drawings of state beds in A. W. N. Pugin's, Gothic Furniture in the Style of the Fifteenth Century (1835), pl. 11, and Henry Shaw's Specimens of Ancient Furniture drawn from existing authorities, London, 1836, which included four antique beds: The Great Bed of Ware, an Elizabethan bed, now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (W.47:1 to 28-1931), two 17 th century beds from Goodrich Court and a bed from Hardwicke Hall, Derbyshire (plates XXXVII, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XL). In the official catalogue of the 1851 Exhibition, the furniture exhibits were respectively described as Elizabethan, Tudor, Gothic, Louis XIV, Renaissance, Italian, Arabian and Old English Illuminated style (R.W. Symonds, Victorian Furniture, London, 1987, p. 35). Designs for half tester beds in the antiquarian style were subsequently included in Art industry: furniture, upholstery, and house-decoration, illustrative of the arts of the carpenter, joiner, cabinet-maker, painter, decorator, and upholsterer (1879), ed. by G.W. Yapp, an Assistant Commissioner and Compiler of the Official Catalogues of the Great Exhibition of 1851, who on describing a bed in the 1851 exhibition noted: 'It is a State bed in the Elizabethan style, but judiciously treated in a lighter manner than is common' (Symonds, ibid., plates 17, 22). In 1857, the state bedroom at Abney Hall, Cheshire, was refurbished probably by J.G. Crace (1809-89) in the antiquarian style to mark the visit of the Prince Consort to the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition that year (E. Aslin, 19 th Century Furniture, New York, 1962, plate 73). Condition Report: There are the inevitable minor dents marks and scratches and shrinkage cracks due to age and use. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire

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A RARE GEORGE II IRON-FRAMED ESTATE TURRET CLOCK MOVEMENT

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Auction date(s): 22 Jan

Lot location: Newbury, Berkshire