Untitled
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Beechwood, walnut, paint and textile
Place of origin
Naples
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608127
Summary
A set of six painted beech chairs, Italian, probably Neapolitan, circa 1820.
Provenance
Believed to have been purchased by William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773 - 1842) whilst in Italy. Thence by descent and listed in the probate Inventory taken at Attingham Park in 1947 as an heirloom (p. 10) and in the c. 1953 Inventory (p. 12). Bequeathed by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877 -1947) with the estate, house and contents of Attingham and transferred to the National Trust on 15th May 1953.