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    Home / Seating / Side Chairs / Chinoiserie Chairs, Ex-Yale Collection, C. 1835

Chinoiserie Chairs, Ex-Yale Collection, C. 1835

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An exceptional and important set of four, circa 1835, English William IV or early Victorian period, side or breakfast chairs of Regency form having black Japanned frames with allover gilt relief chinoiserie landscape and foliate decoration, each crestrail with unique vignette, and caned seats.  Attribution to Gillows of Lancaster and London given their exceptional quality and signature 'spear' form foot evidenced here. Provenance: This set was part of the original collection bequest to Yale University by alumnus and prominent lawyer, government official, and long-time president of the Chemical Foundation, Inc., Francis Patrick Garvan, honoring his wife Mabel on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary in 1930. Known today as the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, it forms the core of the American Decorative Arts Collection at Yale University Art Gallery. Upon deaccession circa 1975 when the collection was condensed to American Decorative Arts only, they were acquired by an important private Connecticut collection where they have remained thence.

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Condition
Impeccable and very near pristine set with very little wear to decoration. Each with Yale University Museum catalogue numbering to interior legs, original collection tags included.
Number of items
4
Measurements
Width: 18
Height: 34.25
Depth: 15.75
Second Height: 16.63
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Chinoiserie Chairs, Ex-Yale Collection, C. 1835

An exceptional and important set of four, circa 1835, English William IV or early Victorian period, side or breakfast chairs of Regency form having black Japanned frames with allover gilt relief chinoiserie landscape and foliate decoration, each crestrail with unique vignette, and caned seats.  Attribution to Gillows of Lancaster and London given their exceptional quality and signature ‘spear’ form foot evidenced here.

Provenance:

This set was part of the original collection bequest to Yale University by alumnus and prominent lawyer, government official, and long-time president of the Chemical Foundation, Inc., Francis Patrick Garvan, honoring his wife Mabel on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary in 1930. Known today as the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, it forms the core of the American Decorative Arts Collection at Yale University Art Gallery. Upon deaccession circa 1975 when the collection was condensed to American Decorative Arts only, they were acquired by an important private Connecticut collection where they have remained thence.

INFORMATION

Price: $

Condition: Impeccable and very near pristine set with very little wear to decoration. Each with Yale University Museum catalogue numbering to interior legs, original collection tags included.

Number of items: 4

Measurements:
Width: 18
Height: 34.25
Depth: 15.75
Second Height: 16.63

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Kinderhook, New York 12106 USA
Tel: +1 917 656 5863
| Email [email protected]
© 2025 ACROTERION