Moor Park Armchair

Moor Park Armchair

The design of this wonderful armchair belongs to a very famous Mr Robert Adam and was originally manufactured by James Lawson, 1764.

This late 19th century example has an arched padded back, outscrolled arms and seat covered in a blue silk pattern. The front of the arms have pierced entrelac bands terminating in paterae, the seat-rails with pierced flowered guilloche frieze, the front corners with ram’s heads on tapering cabriole legs headed by acanthus scrolls and husks with flowered ears, on hoof feet.

The original armchair was supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas, for the Banqueting Hall at Moor Park, Hertfordshire on the 24th of October 1764.

Sir Lawrence Dundas ‘The Nabob of the North’ was the outstanding merchant venturer of his day and has the distinction, perhaps uniquely, of employing virtually all of the greatest exponents of the cabinet makers art during George III’s reign. The Moor Park suite was amongst the most expensive suites of seat-furniture executed in the 18th century by Robert Adam, architect to King George III.

An original pair sold at Christie’s on the 18th of June 2008 for an eye watering two hundred and sixty five thousand pounds.