Lot 5
LEWIS NOCKALLS COTTINGHAM (1787-1847) FOR SAMUEL PRATT
PAIR OF GOTHIC REVIVAL SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1840
Auction: Day One: 21 April 2021 | From 11:00
£2,500
Description
oak with later upholstered backs and drop-in seats
Dimensions
55.5cm wide, 105cm high, 55.5cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: From the set of twenty dining chairs supplied in 1844 to Lord Brougham at Brougham Hall, Westmorland
Literature: Myles, Janet L.N. Cottingham 1787-1847 Architect of the Gothic Revival 1996, p.33, fig. 129
Note: According to Myles (unpublished thesis), Cottingham delivered the twenty chairs to Lord Brougham on 2 August 1844. Other chairs form the set are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (W.2:1, 2-1992) and the Cooper Hewitt, New York.