Lot 1860
A GEORGE II WALNUT SET OF SETTEE AND SIX SIDE CHAIRS,
c.1740, with rectangular upholstered backs and seats, the settee with scrolled arms. The frames with walnut cabriole legs carved at the knees with shells and husks at the front linked by turned stretchers and on squared feet, settee approx. 65" wide x 42.5" high x 27" deep, chairs approx. 25.5" wide x 39.5" high x 26" deep (7)
*It is very possible that the chairs and settee could have been made by John and William Bastard of Blandford at the time of the alterations to the south front of Creech Grange carried out in 1739-40 by another Blandford man, the architect Francis Cartwright. It is known that the two worked together on other houses of the gentry in the area.
In Nathaniel Bond's account book for September 1741 is an entry 'pd. Bush for carriage of chairs from Blandford' and for May 1742 'paid Mr. Bastard's bill £14.9.0'
We are very grateful to Polly Legg for sharing the detail of her research into the Bastard brothers.
