31st Oct, 2023 10:00
Design
14
An oak dining chair
An oak dining chair,
19th century, the red leather upholstery with bold brass studs and gilt family crests, on a chamfered oak frame,
51cm wide
96cm high
Provenance: The Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection.
From Costessey Hall, Norfolk. The chair was probably commissioned for Costessey Hall by the Hon. Valentine Stafford Jerningham (1802-1884), prior to his succession as the 9th Baron Stafford and the 8th Baronet Costessey in 1851.
Costessey, four miles west of Norwich, was gifted, in 1066, to Alan Rufus, Earl of Richmond, by William 1. In 1555, Mary 1 awarded it to Sir Henry Jerningham for his support of Lady Jane Grey, and Jerningham built a new manor to the south of the river Tud. Between 1826 and 1836, J C Buckler built a large and extraordinary neo-Gothic castle for Lord Stafford Jerningham. The contents of the hall, presumably including this chair, were sold in 1913 and the hall left empty. At the start of the Second World War, it was commandeered by the War Office, finally being demolished in 1925. The belfry block - the only survival - now stands next to the 18th hole of Costessey Park Golf Club.
The loss of Buckler's 'pinnacle and towered' hall, which was one of the finest examples of scholarly and romantic Regency Tudor revivals, is considered a notable loss amongst many 20th-century house demolitions.
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The Clive & Jane Wainwright Collection
The Design department at Sworders are delighted to offer pieces from the extraordinary collection of Clive Wainwright (1942-1999), following the successful exhibition with H Blairman & Sons in London, emphasising the Gothic Revival period in general, and AWN Pugin in particular.
Sold for £220
Condition Report
Upholstery used, with cracks and splits
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Auction: Design, 31st Oct, 2023
Viewing
London Viewing | Highlights
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Stansted Viewing | Auction
Viewing will be held at our Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE, as follows:
Friday 27 October, 10am - 5pm
Saturday 28 October, 10am - 1pm
Sunday 29 October, 10am - 1pm
Monday 30 October, 10am - 5pm
All lots are, however, extensively illustrated and carry detailed condition reports - see 'Condition report' at the foot of each lot description.
The auction will take place at our Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE.
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