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THE CHATSWORTH FINE ART SALE
Collections formerly from:
• TheMuirFamily,PostlipHall,Cheltenham,England
and Ballyvolane Stud, Co. Limerick
• DonaghcomperHouse,Celbridge,Co.Kildare
• SelectionofPaintingsfromTheCollectionofJudge
James Murnaghan
• StainedGlassWindowsfromTheHarryClarkeStudios
• UniquePrivateCollectionofantiqueTractorSeats
• &OtherItemsfromPrivateClients
AT THE OLD CINEMA, CHATSWORTH STREET, CASTLECOMER, CO. KILKENNy
Auction:
• Tuesday, July 21st at 10.30 a.m. sharp
• Wednesday July 22nd at 10.30 a.m. sharp
Viewing:
At our Auction Rooms, The Old Cinema Chatsworth Street, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Sunday July 19th, 2015: 12 noon – 5.30 p.m. Monday July 20th, 2015: 10.30 a.m. – 5.30. p.m.
(Note: Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult)
No collection of purchases on Wednesday, July 22nd, between 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. (while sale is in progress)
Sworders Modern Contemporary Art 5th October 2021Sworders
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Live Online – Tuesday 5 October 2021 at 10am
ORDER OF SALE
Lots 1-23 Gre
at Bardfield and Benton End
Lots 24-132 20th Century
to include
Lots 84-108 The Elsie Henderson
Collection
Lots 133-214 Modern British
Lots 215-353 Modern and Contemporary
to include
Lots 229-253 The Curwen Print Study
Centre Collection
Sworders Fine Interiors 4 - 5th December 2018Sworders
Sworders Fine Interiors 4 - 5th December 2018
FINE INTERIORS
at the Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
ORDER OF SALE
Day One - Tuesday 4 December
Lots 1 - 224 The Tim Wonnacott Collection Part One
Silver and Plate
Feature ‘Take a Walk on the Wild Side’
Lots 225 - 290 Silver
10 minute break
Feature ‘Under the Tree…’
Lots 291 - 500 Works of Art to include
Feature ‘Let there be Light’
A Private Collection of Canton Ivory
Card Cases (Lots 404 - 415)
A Private Collection of Indian Paintings
on Mica (Lots 430 - 458)
Feature An interview with Catriona Smith,
Head of Sworders Jewellery
Department
Day Two - Wednesday 5 December
Lots 501 - 557 The Selected Contents of The Priory,
Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk
Feature ‘Eastern Promise’
Lots 561 - 590 Drawings, Watercolours and Prints
Lots 592 - 701 Oil Paintings
Lots 705 - 733 The Selected Contents of Foscote
Manor, Foscott, Buckinghamshire
Feature ‘The Christmas Table’
Lots 736 - 913 Furniture, Fire, Lighting and More
VIEWING TIMES
Friday 30 November 9am - 5pm
Saturday 1 December 10am - 1pm
Sunday 2 December 10am - 1pm
Monday 3 December 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 4 December From 9am
Wednesday 5 December From 9am
Sworders Fine Interiors 3rd & 4th December 2019Sworders
Fine Interiors
At the Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 December at 10am
Viewing -
Friday 29 November 2019 9am - 5pm
Sunday 1 December 2019 10am - 1pm
Monday 2 December 2019 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 3 December 2019 from 9am
Wednesday 4 December 2019 from 9am
URL
https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/search?au=857
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THE CHATSWORTH FINE ART SALE
Collections formerly from:
• TheMuirFamily,PostlipHall,Cheltenham,England
and Ballyvolane Stud, Co. Limerick
• DonaghcomperHouse,Celbridge,Co.Kildare
• SelectionofPaintingsfromTheCollectionofJudge
James Murnaghan
• StainedGlassWindowsfromTheHarryClarkeStudios
• UniquePrivateCollectionofantiqueTractorSeats
• &OtherItemsfromPrivateClients
AT THE OLD CINEMA, CHATSWORTH STREET, CASTLECOMER, CO. KILKENNy
Auction:
• Tuesday, July 21st at 10.30 a.m. sharp
• Wednesday July 22nd at 10.30 a.m. sharp
Viewing:
At our Auction Rooms, The Old Cinema Chatsworth Street, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Sunday July 19th, 2015: 12 noon – 5.30 p.m. Monday July 20th, 2015: 10.30 a.m. – 5.30. p.m.
(Note: Children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult)
No collection of purchases on Wednesday, July 22nd, between 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. (while sale is in progress)
Sworders Modern Contemporary Art 5th October 2021Sworders
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Live Online – Tuesday 5 October 2021 at 10am
ORDER OF SALE
Lots 1-23 Gre
at Bardfield and Benton End
Lots 24-132 20th Century
to include
Lots 84-108 The Elsie Henderson
Collection
Lots 133-214 Modern British
Lots 215-353 Modern and Contemporary
to include
Lots 229-253 The Curwen Print Study
Centre Collection
Sworders Fine Interiors 4 - 5th December 2018Sworders
Sworders Fine Interiors 4 - 5th December 2018
FINE INTERIORS
at the Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
ORDER OF SALE
Day One - Tuesday 4 December
Lots 1 - 224 The Tim Wonnacott Collection Part One
Silver and Plate
Feature ‘Take a Walk on the Wild Side’
Lots 225 - 290 Silver
10 minute break
Feature ‘Under the Tree…’
Lots 291 - 500 Works of Art to include
Feature ‘Let there be Light’
A Private Collection of Canton Ivory
Card Cases (Lots 404 - 415)
A Private Collection of Indian Paintings
on Mica (Lots 430 - 458)
Feature An interview with Catriona Smith,
Head of Sworders Jewellery
Department
Day Two - Wednesday 5 December
Lots 501 - 557 The Selected Contents of The Priory,
Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk
Feature ‘Eastern Promise’
Lots 561 - 590 Drawings, Watercolours and Prints
Lots 592 - 701 Oil Paintings
Lots 705 - 733 The Selected Contents of Foscote
Manor, Foscott, Buckinghamshire
Feature ‘The Christmas Table’
Lots 736 - 913 Furniture, Fire, Lighting and More
VIEWING TIMES
Friday 30 November 9am - 5pm
Saturday 1 December 10am - 1pm
Sunday 2 December 10am - 1pm
Monday 3 December 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 4 December From 9am
Wednesday 5 December From 9am
Sworders Fine Interiors 3rd & 4th December 2019Sworders
Fine Interiors
At the Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 December at 10am
Viewing -
Friday 29 November 2019 9am - 5pm
Sunday 1 December 2019 10am - 1pm
Monday 2 December 2019 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 3 December 2019 from 9am
Wednesday 4 December 2019 from 9am
URL
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Mid-Century Design
Tuesday 23 June, 10am
Viewing by appointment, more details available on our website.
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Dominic Winter
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AUTOMOBILIA & MOTORING LITERATURE
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In association with Transport Collector Auctions
Thursday 12 November 2015
Lots 1-416 commencing at 11am
MEDALS, STAMPS & COINS
MILITARIA & MILITARY EPHEMERA
AVIATION MEMORABILIA
Friday 13 November 2015
Lots 417-820 commencing at 12 noon
Viewing: Tuesday 10 November & Wednesday 11 November, 9am-7pm
and morning of sale from 9am
The Haunted Files Case 5 Chillingham CastleCharlie
I talk the possible haunting of Chillingham Castle and I go over the history of the castle and try and look for possible reasons for why it may be haunted.
The earliest traces of the smoker’s jacket are found way back in 18th century. If you dig a little deeper, it reveals that these stylish wears originated in England. If you see the history, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Turkish tobacco was
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Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10am
Lots 1 - 29 All the Fun of the Fair
Lot 30 Game of Thrones
Lots 31 - 56 Lights, Camera, Action!
Lots 57 - 61 Live Aid 1985
Lots 62 - 83 Life on Earth 1
Lots 84 - 109 Witches, Monsters and
Mysteries
Lots 110 - 130 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Lots 131 - 159 War and Peace
Lots 160 - 162 Extinct
Lots 163 - 180 Gastronomy
Lots 181 - 216 Life on Earth 2
Lots 217 - 224 After Death
Lots 225 - 239 Folk Art
Lots 240 - 248 The Great Stromboli
Lots 249 - 261 Fifty Shades…
Lots 262 - 284 Tribal Art
Lots 285 - 326 Contemporary and Modern
10-minute break
Lots 327 - 355 Call a Doctor
Lots 356 - 389 The Tim Wonnacott Collection
Lots 390 - 394 An Architectural Eye
Lots 395 - 426 Stranger Things
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
at the Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10am
ONLINE BIDDING
Bid live at www.sworder.co.uk (3% surcharge)
VIEWING TIMES
Friday 8 February 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10 February 10am - 1pm
Monday 11 February 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 12 February From 9am
FURTHER INFORMATION
Tel: 01279 817778
Email: auctions@sworder.co.uk
Mark Wilkinson
Specialist
James Pickup
Specialist
Errol Fuller
Natural History Consultant
To obtain more images and condition reports
for lots in this catalogue,
Decode appealing elements on royal wedding dressesRafae Noah
Royal brides like Lady Diana Spencer, Grace Kelly, Letty JiYa·Olaf Di, etc wore dreamlike floor-length wedding dresses while moving towards their princes in the spotlight. When a long time has passed, they still touch most people’s heartstrings. Now, let’s unveil the code why those royal wedding dresses are overpoweringly appealing.
In Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, around a majestic castle, we find the capital of Scotland. A city that uniquely embodies the history and culture of its country.
This guide will lead you through the contorted streets where you can discover something new behind every corner.
After trying all the possibilities this city has to offer in every sector, you will realize that Edinburgh Castle is surrounded by as much greatness as it has on its own.
Team CTR
Every year we create a calendar to celebrate our customers. We showcase 12 objects from collections around the world and send the calendars to all our staff and customers.
We're delighted to have finalised our 2018 calendar!
Sworders Mid Century Design Tuesday 23 June 2020Sworders
Mid-Century Design
Tuesday 23 June, 10am
Viewing by appointment, more details available on our website.
URL –
https://www.sworder.co.uk/auction/search?au=882
Dominic Winter
SPECIALIST AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS
AUTOMOBILIA & MOTORING LITERATURE
VINTAGE BICYCLES
MARITIME & RAILWAYS, TOYS & MODELS
http://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/
full virtual catalogue
http://dominicwinter.auctioneersvault.com/catalogues/12132015/12132015.html
In association with Transport Collector Auctions
Thursday 12 November 2015
Lots 1-416 commencing at 11am
MEDALS, STAMPS & COINS
MILITARIA & MILITARY EPHEMERA
AVIATION MEMORABILIA
Friday 13 November 2015
Lots 417-820 commencing at 12 noon
Viewing: Tuesday 10 November & Wednesday 11 November, 9am-7pm
and morning of sale from 9am
The Haunted Files Case 5 Chillingham CastleCharlie
I talk the possible haunting of Chillingham Castle and I go over the history of the castle and try and look for possible reasons for why it may be haunted.
The earliest traces of the smoker’s jacket are found way back in 18th century. If you dig a little deeper, it reveals that these stylish wears originated in England. If you see the history, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Turkish tobacco was
Sworders Out of The Ordinary Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10amSworders
Sworders ORDER OF SALE
Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10am
Lots 1 - 29 All the Fun of the Fair
Lot 30 Game of Thrones
Lots 31 - 56 Lights, Camera, Action!
Lots 57 - 61 Live Aid 1985
Lots 62 - 83 Life on Earth 1
Lots 84 - 109 Witches, Monsters and
Mysteries
Lots 110 - 130 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Lots 131 - 159 War and Peace
Lots 160 - 162 Extinct
Lots 163 - 180 Gastronomy
Lots 181 - 216 Life on Earth 2
Lots 217 - 224 After Death
Lots 225 - 239 Folk Art
Lots 240 - 248 The Great Stromboli
Lots 249 - 261 Fifty Shades…
Lots 262 - 284 Tribal Art
Lots 285 - 326 Contemporary and Modern
10-minute break
Lots 327 - 355 Call a Doctor
Lots 356 - 389 The Tim Wonnacott Collection
Lots 390 - 394 An Architectural Eye
Lots 395 - 426 Stranger Things
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
at the Stansted Mountfitchet Auction Rooms
Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10am
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Friday 8 February 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10 February 10am - 1pm
Monday 11 February 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 12 February From 9am
FURTHER INFORMATION
Tel: 01279 817778
Email: auctions@sworder.co.uk
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Specialist
James Pickup
Specialist
Errol Fuller
Natural History Consultant
To obtain more images and condition reports
for lots in this catalogue,
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Lots 1-19
The Conservatory
Lots 20-68
The Hall
Lots 69-124
The Drawing Room
The Dining Room
Lots 125-177
Lots 178-210
The Study
Lots 211-263A The Breakfast Room
Lots 264-320 The Master Bedroom
Lots 321-349 The Upstairs Gallery
Lots 350-370 The Chinese Bedroom
Lots 372-450 Other Bedrooms
Lots 451-466 The Garden
1. ESCAPE
TOTHE
COUNTRY
Knitwear designer Victoria
Stapleton weaves a vivid life at
her bucolic English estate.
By Naomi Rougeau
Standing outside knitwear maven Victoria
Stapleton’s home, which seems straight
from a Wodehouse novel, as she recounts
the scene of a Playboy shoot on the proper-
ty some 40 years prior, it’s not terribly dif-
ficult to imagine the Playmates in all their
suntanned, oiled-up, frosted-hair glory.
Perhaps they were perched atop a vintage
Rolls? Or maybe it was a Jaguar? Let me be
clear, the circa-1800 vicarage is the very
antithesis of 1970s smut, but if I’ve learned
anything in the first few minutes of my ar-
rival, it’s that this quintessentially English
residence is a delightful study in contrasts.
Clockwise from
left: Stapleton on
the front steps of
her Hertfordshire
home; sheep
grazing on the front
pasture; Hill House
in full bloom
JohnnyPilkington(hairandmakeupbyAnnaPayne)
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2. door, one is greeted by a line of Wellies and
a taxidermied stag’s head doubling as a hat
rack. After moving in, Stapleton made only
a few architectural changes, knocking down
walls to expand the laundry room (“It’s
dogs and washing all in one room, typically
English”) and enlarge the kitchen. The lat-
ter is the social hub of the house, a large
sun-filled space featuring an Aga stove,
the aforementioned disco ball (for-
merly a prop in a Brora Christmas win-
dow display), and two long, custom-made
lime-washed beech farm tables (which
together comfortably seat 24) ready to
receive London friends and family, for
whom Pilkington loves to cook. If the
weather’s right, the festivities might
spill over into the plant-filled Victorian
conservatory and the front lawn that
overlooks a hillside dotted with sheep.
Elsewhere on the grounds, there’s a
large vegetable garden as well as an
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What makes Scottish cashmere—
the kind Stapleton uses—so special? For starters, unlike less
expensive cashmere, which is often made from the shorter,
coarser hairs of the goat’s back or legs (or even strands
shed on bushes), only the longest and thinnest strands of
raw material, usually from the neck area, are selected,
minimizing pilling. To ensure maximum softness, each piece
is immersed in Scottish freshwater (renowned for its pH
neutrality, which makes fabric less coarse) and brushed with
the prickly, dried heads of the teasel plant. Two centuries of
manufacturing experience doesn’t hurt, either.
Welcome to Hill House. A mere 45 minutes
by train from London’s Victoria Station in the
quaint village of Stanstead Abbotts, Hertford-
shire, the pleasingly symmetrical, wisteria-
covered brick Georgian set on 15 idyllic acres
boasts the following: hand-blocked wall-
paper; a disco ball hanging in the kitchen;
heirloom bird sculptures created by Staple-
ton’s mother-in-law mingling with stuffed
ring-necked parakeets (her husband’s handi-
work); and a bare male mannequin (decapi-
tated, no less) for no apparent reason on the
front steps. “It’s a real mixture here,” Staple-
ton says. Indeed.
She, her husband, photographer Johnny
Pilkington, and their daughters left Lon-
don’s Chelsea neighborhood in 2002, seeking
a slower pace in what had been Pilkington’s
childhood home. The nearby town of Stev-
enage serves as HQ for Brora, the Scottish
cashmere brand that Stapleton founded in
1993—and that now boasts 14 stores, includ-
ing one U.S. location on Manhattan’s Mad-
ison Avenue, offering men’s, women’s, and
children’s home goods, clothing, and acces-
sories. Brora attracts some pretty fashion-
able (and pretty British) clients: Stapleton’s
childhood friend, model Stella Tennant, is a
fan, as is Kate Middleton, who was recently
seen sporting gold Brora earrings courtside at
Wimbledon. The brand is a nod to the design-
er’s roots—she grew up near the Scottish Bor-
ders in Cumbria, and all of the cashmere knits
are manufactured in Hawick, Scotland, at a
mill used by Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Her-
mès. It also reflects her personal style. The
tall, striking designer is often seen in printed
skirts or tea-length dresses, layered knits, and
her trademark Brora or Adidas sneakers. The
look:unquestionablequality,loveofcolor,and
a definite boho lean.
It’s a high-minded–meets–offbeat aesthet-
ic that’s also reflected in Stapleton’s
home. Entering through the back
Clockwise from left:
Stapleton minds the
sheep in the front
pasture; her 14-year-
old daughter Lola’s
boho bedroom; the
main sitting room
Fall looks from Brora
JohnnyPilkington(3);bottom,fromleft:courtesyofBrora;silkdress,
REDValentino,$950,collectionatBergdorfGoodman,NYC.
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3. apple, pear, and cherry orchard that produces
some 400 bottles of juice each autumn. (Sta-
pleton occasionally serves it at Brora in-store
events.)
ShestudiedhistoryofartattheUniversityof
East Anglia in Norwich, England, and found-
ed Brora after her entrepreneur father, David,
purchased an ailing tweed manufacturer,
Hunters of Brora. (One of David’s savvy busi-
ness decisions involved bringing Scottish
smoked salmon to the masses via British de-
partment store chain Marks & Spencer in the
’70s.) He placed Stapleton in charge of retail
operations, and the brand was featured in a
1993 Financial Times shopping article on cash-
mere that read, “Brora does wonderful crew
necks and round necks in black, blue, and
brown, for £99.” Without even a photograph,
she wound up taking £10,000 worth of orders
the first weekend.
LivingoutsideLondonhasn’tprovedahandi-
cap, but rather an asset for running a fashion
brand—the suburban location lends itself to
a huge work space that includes photography
and design studios only a 20-minute drive
away, as well as a very loyal local staff of 60.
Stapleton met Pilkington in the ’90s through
her friend, the ceramist Emma Bridgewater,
but they didn’t get together until later, when
Pilkington was hired to photograph a Brora
campaign in Argentina.
History is important to Stapleton; the 22-
room house’s stairwell brims with three gen-
erations’ worth of family photos (including
that Playboy shoot, which took place on the
front lawn), and she’s amassed an extensive
spongeware collection (some of it by Bridge-
water, much of it eighteenth century). One
can’t help but be drawn to the main sitting
room. A jewel box of a space with deep-purple
hessian-covered walls, it’s the perfect back-
drop for Stapleton’s eclectic collection of art,
which runs the gamut from market finds
unearthed while she was a student studying
abroad in Venice to Hugo Guinness illustra-
tions. “There are some nice bits and pieces
and then there are some cheap bits and
pieces. You know, it’s just thrown together,”
Stapleton says. And thanks to the rise of all
things midcentury and clean lined, she says
there are surprising bargains to be had at auc-
tion houses. “You can pick up antique furni-
ture for nothing. Everyone wants IKEA; it’s
so depressing.”
Her three daughters’ rooms are equally col-
orful. “It’s important for them to have their
space for self-expression, where they can be
themselves,” Stapleton says. Jesse, 18, recent-
ly threw an Austin Powers–themed birthday
party for 150 people, so there’s currently a
life-size cutout of the fictional ’60s spy in her
bedroom. Nancy’s and Lola’s domains are just
as lively. The sisters, 16 and 14, frequently join
Jesse in raiding their mother’s sizable closet,
which is stacked with woolens, well-traveled
Globe-Trotter luggage…and, knock wood, no
moths. The girls’ shared bath features hand-
blockedwallpaperbyMartheArmitage,the86-
year-oldLondonartistwhosework—alldoneat
her home in Chiswick—is a bit of an insider se-
cret (Stapleton heard about Armitage through
Tennant; Tilda Swinton is also a fan). The wall-
coverings, which take about six months from
order to delivery, also adorn Brora’s boutiques.
Does Stapleton ever miss London? “Not for
a minute.”
Clockwise from top left:
the pool (with a Brora
throw atop a lounge
chair) and surrounding
gardens at Hill House;
the conservatory; the
mudroom
“You can pick up antique furniture
fornothing. Everyone wants
IKEA; it’s so depressing.”
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