Lot 281
A.W.N. PUGIN (1812-1852)
GOTHIC REVIVAL 'HOUSE OF LORDS' ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1880
Auction: Day One inc Contents from a London Apartment | Lots 197 to 333 | Wednesday 15th October
Description
walnut, with close-nailed leather upholstery
Dimensions
58cm wide, 98cm high, 61cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Furniture in the House of Lords: A Report by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1974, pl. III where a similar armchair is illustrated.
Atterbury P. and Wainwright C. (edits.) Pugin: A Gothic Passion, Yale 1994, p. 131, pl. 230c. illus.
Cooper, J. Victorian & Edwardian Furniture & Interiors, London, 1987, p. 101, pl. 112 illustrating the dining room at Abney Hall.
This chair is the companion armchair to the standard House of Lords side chair, of which several examples still exist in the Palace of Westminster. Chairs of this form were made by both Gillow & Co. and Holland & Son as required.
The chair was also used for domestic commissions such as the dining room at Pugin's last commission Abney Hall Cheadle.
