Lot 162
THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE'S ARMCHAIR
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 16 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
with tall upholstered back above upholstered seat and patinated beech frame with scrolling open arms raised on turned and blocked legs with corresponding stretchers, bears plaque inscribed BROUGHT TO TAYMOUTH/ FROM THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANES'S/ APARTMENTS AT HOLYROOD PALACE/ MAY 16TH 1860
Dimensions
Width : 63cm, height: 112cm, depth: 48cm
Footnote
Note: This lot formed part of the Holyrood Palace furnishings of the Grace-and-Favour apartment granted to John Campbell, 2nd Marquis of Breadalbane (d. 1862) by Queen Victoria. In 1860 the Queen visited Edinburgh and the Marquis led the Grand Review of the Volunteer Forces in Scotland. This chair was among the Holyrood furnishings removed that year to the Marquis' Perthshire estate at Taymouth Castle. Part of the Palace was refurnished in the 1740s under the direction of the architect William Adam, and the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie) held court there in 1745.