The House of Bruar George III Style Double Chair Back Settee
Description
In the chippendale style. The carved chair backs with pierced and interlaced splats. Above a drop-in seat with a gadrooned seat rail and flanked by foliate carved scrolled arms. Raised on acanthus carved cabriole legs ending in carved claw and ball feet. Bearing trade label: Hampton's / Pall Mall East / London.
H100cm x W122cm x D48cm
Note: William Hampton reputedly founded the company in the 1830s, and was joined in the business by his sons George and William in 1869 when they operated from premises at 8 Pall Mall. They specialised in furnishing ships, institutions, and hotels, and included the Cunard liners Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary as clients, as well as the new Royal Yacht Britannia in 1952. In London they furnished the Dorchester and May Fair Hotels, and farther afield the palaces of Prince Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharaja of Kashmir.
H100cm x W122cm x D48cm
Note: William Hampton reputedly founded the company in the 1830s, and was joined in the business by his sons George and William in 1869 when they operated from premises at 8 Pall Mall. They specialised in furnishing ships, institutions, and hotels, and included the Cunard liners Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary as clients, as well as the new Royal Yacht Britannia in 1952. In London they furnished the Dorchester and May Fair Hotels, and farther afield the palaces of Prince Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharaja of Kashmir.
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