Untitled
manner of James Moore (c.1670-1726)
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1720
Materials
Gilt beech and gesso, beech frame, textile
Place of origin
London
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 434810
Summary
A set of four giltwood and gesso chairs, in the manner of James Moore (1670-1726), London, circa 1720. Each with an overstuffed back and seat raised on cabriole legs and pointed pad feet to the front and back, decorated in gilt gesso with bell flower scroll work and strap work surmounted by a stylized shell motif. With later loose cover commissioned by the National Trust in 2004.
Full description
James Moore was one of the leading furniture makers in London during the first quarter of the 18th century. He seems initially to have worked closely with John Gumley, but by 1712 had established his own workshop at Nottingham Court, Short's Gardens, in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. Benjamin Goodison became one of his journeymen, and his son James Moore (d. 1734) carried on the business. The firm was involved in furnishing Blenheim Palace, Burlington House, Dalkeith Palace and probably Boughton, although the only provenanced furniture incised 'MOORE' is in the Royal collection." - C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, page 41. James Weedon (September 2018)
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow (b.1936) in 1984.
Makers and roles
manner of James Moore (c.1670-1726), furniture maker
References
Gilbert (1996): Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700 - 1840 (1996)