Dining chair
Banting, France and Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Rosewood, beech frame, textile, cotton repp
Measurements
86 x 45 x 45 cm
Place of origin
St James's Street
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 850040.4
Summary
One of a set of twelve rosewood dining chairs, by Banting, France and Co. London circa 1830 The top rail with moulded scrolled edge carved with leaf and scroll decoration, the horizontal stretcher also scroll carved, the overstuffed seat upholstered in a green silk damask edged with green silk gimp, with moulded edge and raised on lappet carved fluted turned tapered legs. Pencil markings to some of the seat rails relating to the construction '1x3 inch rail'
Full description
Banting and France & Co., 27 St.James' Street, London (1813-40) The furniture in the main entertaining rooms at Ickworth was almost exclusively supplied by the firm of Thomas Banting and William France. (See Suffolk County Records office 941.81/17 and 941/81/11). Banting and France were royal cabinetmakers and held royal warrants in the reigns of George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria. The Hervey family of Ickworth also maintained property in London at 6 St James's Square, where these chairs are believed to have come from, as well as Bristol House in Putney and a house at No.19 Sussex Square, Brighton to which Banting and France were to also supply furnishings. Most of the contents of the Brighton property was moved up to Ickworth in 1936. Banting and France assisted with the organisation of the sale of furniture by auction at St James' Square in 1814, although the Hervey family kept and refurnished the property, moving the later contents to Ickworth in 1950. Ickworth and its contents passed to the National Trust in lieu of death duties in 1956 although the family leased back the East Wing and continued to live there until it was sold by the 7th Marquess of Bristol (1954-1999) who sold the lease to the National Trust in 1996.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Makers and roles
Banting, France and Co., furniture designer and maker