H. Blairman & Sons Ltd

Designed and manufactured by George Bullock (1782/3-1818)

Mahogany; the leather upholstery of later date

83.8 x 53.3 x 43.2 cm

English (London), circa 1815

Christie’s (New York); H. Blairman & Sons, 1984; Sir James Stirling (1926-92), and by descent

‘George Bullock Cabinet-Maker’, London and Liverpool (two in each venue), February-March 1988, no. 52

National Trust for Scotland, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, then House of Dun, Montrose (2000-15)

Wilkinson Tracings (City Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham), p. 5 – see right

Clive Wainwright et al., George Bullock Cabinet-Maker, London, 1988, p. 113, no. 52

Private collection

The design for these chairs forms part of the ‘Tracings by Thomas Wilkinson, from the Designs of the late Mr George Bullock 1820’ (the so-called Wilkinson Tracings), p. 5.  A variant of the pattern was published by Richard Bridgens, a designer associated with Bullock, in Furniture with candelabra (1838 edn), pl. 14.   Richard Brown also published a version in Rudiments of Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture (1822), pl. VII.