Height: 7 ft. 6 lA in. (229.9 cm); Width:
4 ft. 11% in. (151.2 cm); Depth: 2 ft. 2% in.
(66.y cm)
Accession number 77. DA. 1
PROVENANCE
(?) William Ward, nth Baron Ward (born
1817, created ist Earl of Dudley i860, died
1885), Witley Court, Worcestershire (house
acquired, with contents, in 1838, from Lord
Foley); (?) William Humble, 2nd Earl of
Dudley (born 1867, died 1932), Witley
Court, Worcestershire, circa 1920 (sold
with the house to Sir Herbert Smith, Witley
Court) (sold, Jackson-Stops and Staff,
Witley Court, September 29, 1938, lot 582);
Violet van der Eist, Harlaxton Manor,
Lincolnshire (sold, Christies, London,
April 8,1948, lot 142); John Prendergast,
6th Viscount Gort, Hamsterley Hall,
County Durham (sold by his heirs, 1976).
EXHIBITIONS
Barnard Castle, County Durham, The
Bowes Museum, on loan, 1950s; London,
The Victoria and Albert Museum, on loan,
August 1978-February 1979.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"A La découverte," Connaissance des arts 35
(January 15,1955), p. 58, illus.; Stephane
Faniel et al., LeXVTIIe Steele frangais
(Collection Connaissance des arts, Paris,
1958), illus. p. 53; "Current and Forth
coming Exhibitions," Burlington Magazine
120 (December 1978), p. 93, illus.; Wilson,
"Acquisitions 1977 to mid 1979," no. 1, p. 37,
illus.; Marvin D. Schwartz, "Boulle Furni
ture," Art and Antiques 6 (April 1983), illus.
FRENCH CABINETS 157