FOUR COSTUME STUDIES BY PERCY MACQUOID (BRITISH, 1852-1925)
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
£320
Auction: 22 October 2013 at 18:00 BST
Description
watercolour, pen and pencil; comprising WALKING DRESS, PARIS 1805, signed P. Macquoid; COLONEL 2ND HUSSARDS, EMPIRE 1805, signed P. Macquoid; MIRABEAU, 1789, COURT DRESS 1785, OLD STYLE, signed Percy Macquoid; and DUCHESS, COURT DRESS 1780, signed Percy Macquoid, 1916 and initialled P.M; framed (4)
Dimensions
25.5cm wide, 40.5cm high
Footnote
Note:
Percy Macquoid was the son of the accomplished illustrator Thomas Robert Macquoid, and after studying a the Royal Academy and abroad worked as an illustrator for the illustrated newspaper 'The Graphic' from 1871-1890. By the end of the 19th century he was actively designing for theatrical productions, and was a favoured designor of the noted actor and producer Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He was also a keen collector and scholar of antique furniture, contributing articles to 'Country Life', writing and compiling four highly influential books on the subject beginning in 1904 with 'The Age of Oak', then continuing with 'The Age of Walnut', the Age of Mahogany', and 'The Age of Satinwood'. He later collaborated with Ralph Edwards on 'The Dictionary of English Furniture', still regarded as the most comprehensive study of the British furniture and considered a standard reference for this subject.
Macquoid was probably introduced to the 1st Lord Rochdale through the Colonel's cousin Harold Peto, whose name appears regularly in the household inventory as a supplier of furniture and furnishings to Lingholm. Macquoid served as an advisor to Lord Rochdale, making recommendations and suggestions for possible acquisitions. It was under his mentorship that the Stone Room at Lingholm was built to accomodate the series of tapestries.