the serpentine top rail above a wide seat flanked by padded arms with foliate carved scrolled terminals on moulded supports, raised on square straight legs with leather castors and joined by stretchers; covered in distressed yellow silk damask (Dimensions: 70cm wide, 106cm high, 55cm deep) (70cm wide, 106cm high, 55cm deep) Provenance: The 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane, Taymouth Castle, Perth and Kinross. Thence by family descent Footnote: Note: While much has been said of the renovations and redecoration of the State and principal rooms of Taymouth Castle in preparation for the Royal visit in 1842, some of the furniture that predated the transformation would have been repurposed and used in various other locations in the house. Once part of a larger suite, most likely dating to the earlier William Adam designed house of the 18th century, these chairs are fine examples of Georgian seat furniture. The side chairs are ample in proportion and functionally considered, while the library armchair has been embellished with delightful carved hand terminals marked with flowerheads. As times and tastes changed, and in particular after Taymouth’s 19th century metamorphosis, the suite would have moved from public rooms to those intended for private use. Showing signs of repair, alteration, and reupholstery that one would expect to see after over two hundred and fifty years of use, the suite has remained in the family directly to the present day. Inherited and passed down, after their residence at Taymouth Castle, these particular chairs from the original Georgian suite were used to furnish Wootton House, Bedfordshire, a red brick William and Mary period country house, home from 1940 to Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Thomas George Breadalbane Morgan-Grenville.