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Settee

Date:: ca. 1730–35
Culture:: British
Medium:: Gilded gesso on walnut; covered in eighteenth-century silk damask not original to the settee
Dimensions:: H. 41 x W. 67-1/2 x D. 26 in. (104.1 x 171.4 x 66.0 cm)
Classification:: Woodwork
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1924
Accession Number:: 24.136.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 518

Description

This piece is from a large set of at least eight side chairs, four settees, four stools, and two side tables formerly attributed to James Moore (ca. 1670–1726) and said to have been made for Stowe, Buckinghamshire, a provenance now questioned.
Provenance

Great Brickhill Manor, Duncombe, Buckinghamshire, EnglandDuke(s) of Buckingham and Chandos (until 1848; the Stowe sale, London, 1848) ; Sir Pauncefort Duncombe , Great Brickhill Manor, Buckinghamshire (from 1848) ; [ Messrs. George Wigley & Sons (in 1919; sale, Great Brickhill Manor, Bucks., November 10–15, 1919, no. 864) ]
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Gesso (342)

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A.D. 1600-1800 (67,255)
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