Gilt-Wood Side-Chairs from the Estate of the 10th Duke

A pair of carved gilt-wood side-chairs, ensuite to the previous lot. English circa 1820. provenance: The 10th Duke of Argyll Inveraray Castle Scotland. Partridge, New Bond Street, London circa 1986. The Estate of Judith and Bruce Terry, Teychell, 16 Moule Avenue Brighton Victoria. Australia. Partridge noted in 1986, that these chairs formed part of a suite recorded as being re-upholstered in 1871, when the 9th Duke married H. R. H. Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, 4th daughter of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. The 9th Duke of Argyll. John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne became the 9th Duke of Argyll on the death of his father in 1900. His home was Inveraray Castle. In 1870 Princess Louise, the most beautiful of Queen Victoria's daughters, was 22. Although not since 1515 had an English princess married outside a European, continental dynasty, she and the Queen now devised a private list of five British candidates. In September 1870 each was invited to spend a few days at Balmoral Castle. The last young man on the list and probably the most important in the eyes of the Queen and possibly Louise, was the Marquess of Lorne. Lord Lorne and Princess Louise were married in March 1871 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. They soon moved into Kensington Palace, where the Queen had been brought up. In 1878 the Marquess was appointed Governor General of Canada by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. The 10th Duke of Argyll. Niall Diarmid Campbell (1872-1949) succeeded his uncle John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll as 10th Duke of Argyll in May 1914. The 10th Duke hated telephones and motor cars and would indulge in eccentric behaviour, including greeting tourists at Inveraray Castle with recitals from Italian operas. The Duke always wore the Campbell Tartan kilt when in the Highlands. Throughout his life, he was an antiquarian of note and had a very keen interest in history. Dimensions: 38.58 in. high, 24.41 in. wide, 23.62 in. deep