10 May George II oak hall chairs
A set of fourteen George II oak hall chairs, painted in grisaille and colours with the arms and Ducal coronet of Peregrine, 2nd Duke of Ancaster (1686-1742) and his wife, Jane Brownlow (1689-1736). English, early 18th Century. The backs are decorated with a coat of arms (showing Bertie quartering Winn, Ufford and Willoughby, with an inescutcheon for Brownlow) under a ducal coronet, held by supporters (a friar and a wild man). On the seat are the initials 'P, J and B' and...