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George II hall chair George II hall chair

George II hall chair

William Kent

Art Funded
2001
Dimensions
92 x 61 x 48 cm
Art Fund grant
£45,000 (Total: £169,094; Export stopped)
Vendor
Christie's
A George II mahogany hall chair designed by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and William Kent for Chiswick House.

Provenance

3rd Earl Bulington for Chiswick House, circa 1730. Acquired by 11th Earl of Harrington, Elvaston Castle bought from John Morant, Brockenhurst Park, Hampshire.

Mahogany

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Opening times

House
Daily (closed Tues)
From April-October: 10am – 5pm

Gardens
Every day (all year) 7am – Dusk
Conservatory
Every day (all year) 10am – 4pm
Café
Every day (except Christmas Day) 8.30am – until approx. one hour prior to Gardens gate closing time.

Art we’ve helped buy at Chiswick House & Gardens

View of Chiswick House from the Southwest Seen Across the Cascade and Canal
 Acquired 2007
Pair of pier tables
 Acquired 1996
Pair of paintings of Chiswick Gardens
 Acquired 1996
George II hall chair
 Acquired 2001
Chiswick House from the Cascade Terrace
 Acquired 1991
Chair
 Acquired 1997
Bust of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
 Acquired 1989
Armchair
 Acquired 1992
An Italian River Landscape with Fishermen
 Acquired 2014
A View Across the New Gardens Towards the Fretwork Bridge and the Bagnio
 Acquired 1995
1) Pole screen; 2) Tilliard chairs; 3) Cane chairs; 4) George III roll top bureau; 5) George III pole screen; 6) Flitcroft drawing
 Acquired 2010

The Art Fund has helped Chiswick House acquire three paintings by Pieter Andreas Rysbrack which are part of a series of eight landscape views of the house set in its gardens, some of them showing gardeners going about their business. The gardens themselves – birthplace of the English landscape movement – have undergone a £12m restoration which has revealed the original vistas and repaired the statues and garden buildings.

Image credit

1 . George II hall chair

© Chiswick House & Gardens

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