Lot 247
A pair of Regency mahogany hall chairs attributed to B. Harmer for Elward, Marsh & Tatham
4 November 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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A pair of Regency mahogany hall chairs attributed to B. Harmer for Elward, Marsh & Tatham
The rectangular panelled toprails above square splats with applied tablet mouldings above rectangular dished seats on square moulded outswept legs and spade feet, 47cm wide, 43cm deep, 84cm high (18 1/2in wide, 16 1/2in deep, 33in high). (2)
Footnotes
Four chairs of this model were sold Christie's London, The Collection of Will Fisher, 2 February 2012, lot 103.
The above chairs relate to a suite of dining Chairs formerly at Brabourne Manor, Kent which bear the brand of B. Harmer, who is known to have worked as a journeyman for Elward, Marsh and Tatham, see C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840. The design of the above chairs also relates to the hall seats supplied by Elward, Marsh and Tatham in 1802 and, which are thought to have been intended for the Royal Pavillion at Brighton see M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture, London, 1965 p. 56 fig. 102
The stamp of B. Harmer who is linked to a group of fine seat furniture dating from the late George III period and is recorded on the celebrated dolphin decorated Music Room suite supplied by Marsh and Tatham to Powderham Castle suggesting that he was a subcontractor operating at the top end firms.